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Simplified Pīnyīn		English Definition	Traditional HSK
水 shuǐ	水 \| 水* \| *水	water / river / liquid / beverage / additional charges or income / (of clothes) classifier for number of washes	HSK 1


矿泉水 kuàngquánshuǐ	矿泉水 \| 矿泉水* \| *矿泉水	mineral water / CL: 瓶, 杯	礦泉水 HSK 4


胶水 jiāoshuǐ	胶水 \| 胶水* \| *胶水	glue	膠水 HSK 5


开水 kāishuǐ	开水 \| 开水* \| *开水	boiled water / boiling water	開水 HSK 5


洪水 hóngshuǐ	洪水 \| 洪水* \| *洪水	deluge; flood	HSK 6


淡水 dànshuǐ	淡水 \| 淡水* \| *淡水	potable water (water with low salt content) / fresh water	HSK 6


薪水 xīnshuǐ	薪水 \| 薪水* \| *薪水	salary / wage	HSK 6


潜水 qiánshuǐ	潜水 \| 潜水* \| *潜水	to dive / to go under water / (in an online forum) to lurk	潛水 HSK 6


山水 Shānshuǐ	山水 \| 山水* \| *山水	Sansui, Japanese company


山水 shānshuǐ	山水 \| 山水* \| *山水	water from a mountain / mountains and rivers / scenery / landscape


香水 xiāngshuǐ	香水 \| 香水* \| *香水	perfume / cologne


天水 Tiānshuǐ	天水 \| 天水* \| *天水	Tianshui, prefecture-level city in Gansu


泉水 quánshuǐ	泉水 \| 泉水* \| *泉水	spring water / CL: 股


自来水 zìláishuǐ	自来水 \| 自来水* \| *自来水	running water / tap water	自來水


灌水 guànshuǐ	灌水 \| 灌水* \| *灌水	to irrigate / to pour water into / to inject water into meat to increase its weight (plumping) / to cook the books / to post low-value messages (small talk etc) on Internet forums


排水 páishuǐ	排水 \| 排水* \| *排水	to drain


建水 Jiànshuǐ	建水 \| 建水* \| *建水	Jianshui county in Honghe Hani and Yi autonomous prefecture, Yunnan


衡水 Héngshuǐ	衡水 \| 衡水* \| *衡水	Hengshui prefecture-level city in Hebei


流水 liúshuǐ	流水 \| 流水* \| *流水	running water / (business) turnover


淡水 Dànshuǐ	淡水 \| 淡水* \| *淡水	Tamsui or Danshui, district of New Taipei City 新北市, Taiwan


羊水 yángshuǐ	羊水 \| 羊水* \| *羊水	amniotic fluid


节水 jiéshuǐ	节水 \| 节水* \| *节水	to save water	節水


海水 hǎishuǐ	海水 \| 海水* \| *海水	seawater


墨水 mòshuǐ	墨水 \| 墨水* \| *墨水	ink / CL: 瓶


洒水 sǎshuǐ	洒水 \| 洒水* \| *洒水	to sprinkle	灑水


修水 Xiūshuǐ	修水 \| 修水* \| *修水	Xiushui county in Jiujiang 九江, Jiangxi


下水 xiàshuǐ	下水 \| 下水* \| *下水	downstream / to go into the water / to put into water / to launch (a ship) / fig. to fall into bad ways / to lead astray / to go to pot


下水 xiàshui	下水 \| 下水* \| *下水	offal / viscera / tripe


污水 wūshuǐ	污水 \| 污水* \| *污水	sewage


降水 jiàngshuǐ	降水 \| 降水* \| *降水	rain and snow / precipitation (meteorology)


汽水 qìshuǐ	汽水 \| 汽水* \| *汽水	soda pop; carbonated soft drink


逆水 nìshuǐ	逆水 \| 逆水* \| *逆水	against the current / upstream


雨水 Yǔshuǐ	雨水 \| 雨水* \| *雨水	Yushui or Rain Water, 2nd of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣｜二十四节气 19th February-5th March


雨水 yǔshuǐ	雨水 \| 雨水* \| *雨水	rainwater; rainfall; rain


口水 kǒushuǐ	口水 \| 口水* \| *口水	saliva


六盘水 Liùpánshuǐ	六盘水 \| 六盘水* \| *六盘水	Liupanshui prefecture-level city in west Guizhou 貴州｜贵州	六盤水


净水 jìngshuǐ	净水 \| 净水* \| *净水	clean water / purified water	淨水


丽水 Líshuǐ	丽水 \| 丽水* \| *丽水	Lishui prefecture-level city in Zhejiang / Yeosu city in South Jeolla province, Korea, the site of World Expo 2012	麗水


血水 xuèshuǐ	血水 \| 血水* \| *血水	thin blood / watery blood


渗水 shènshuǐ	渗水 \| 渗水* \| *渗水	water seepage	滲水


漏水 lòushuǐ	漏水 \| 漏水* \| *漏水	to leak (of water)


汗水 hànshuǐ	汗水 \| 汗水* \| *汗水	sweat / perspiration


油水 yóushuǐ	油水 \| 油水* \| *油水	grease / profit / ill-gotten gains


三水 Sānshuǐ	三水 \| 三水* \| *三水	Sanshui District of Foshan City 佛山市, Guangdong


热水 rèshuǐ	热水 \| 热水* \| *热水	hot water	熱水


双氧水 shuāngyǎngshuǐ	双氧水 \| 双氧水* \| *双氧水	hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) solution	雙氧水


酒水 jiǔshuǐ	酒水 \| 酒水* \| *酒水	beverage; drink


陵水 Língshuǐ	陵水 \| 陵水* \| *陵水	Lingshui Lizu Autonomous County, Hainan / abbr. for 陵水黎族自治縣｜陵水黎族自治县


泪水 lèishuǐ	泪水 \| 泪水* \| *泪水	teardrop / tears	淚水


溺水 nìshuǐ	溺水 \| 溺水* \| *溺水	to drown


供水 gōngshuǐ	供水 \| 供水* \| *供水	to supply water


蓄水 xùshuǐ	蓄水 \| 蓄水* \| *蓄水	water storage


废水 fèishuǐ	废水 \| 废水* \| *废水	waste water / drain water / effluent	廢水


黑水 Hēishuǐ	黑水 \| 黑水* \| *黑水	Heishui County (Tibetan: khro chu rdzong) in Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture 阿壩藏族羌族自治州｜阿坝藏族羌族自治州, northwest Sichuan


茶水 cháshuǐ	茶水 \| 茶水* \| *茶水	tea prepared in large quantity using inexpensive tea leaves


脱水 tuōshuǐ	脱水 \| 脱水* \| *脱水	to dry out / to extract water / dehydration / dehydrated / desiccation	脫水


吃水 chīshuǐ	吃水 \| 吃水* \| *吃水	drinking water / to obtain water (for daily needs) / to absorb water / draft (of ship)


河水 héshuǐ	河水 \| 河水* \| *河水	river water


风水 fēngshuǐ	风水 \| 风水* \| *风水	feng shui / geomancy	風水


泸水 Lúshuǐ	泸水 \| 泸水* \| *泸水	Lushui county in Nujiang Lisu autonomous prefecture 怒江傈僳族自治州 in northwest Yunnan	瀘水


秋水 qiūshuǐ	秋水 \| 秋水* \| *秋水	limpid autumn waters (trad. description of girl's beautiful eyes)


放水 fàngshuǐ	放水 \| 放水* \| *放水	to turn on the water / to let water out / (sports) to throw a game


给水 jǐshuǐ	给水 \| 给水* \| *给水	to supply water / to provide feedwater	給水


曲水 Qǔshuǐ	曲水 \| 曲水* \| *曲水	Qüxü county, Tibetan: Chu shur rdzong in Lhasa 拉薩｜拉萨, Tibet


散水 sànshuǐ	散水 \| 散水* \| *散水	apron (sloping brickwork to disperse water)


浠水 Xīshuǐ	浠水 \| 浠水* \| *浠水	Xishui county in Huanggang 黃岡｜黄冈, Hubei


饮水 yǐnshuǐ	饮水 \| 饮水* \| *饮水	drinking water	飲水


泥水 níshuǐ	泥水 \| 泥水* \| *泥水	muddy water / mud / masonry (craft)


积水 jīshuǐ	积水 \| 积水* \| *积水	to collect water / to be covered with water / to pond / accumulated water / ponding	積水


溧水 Lìshuǐ	溧水 \| 溧水* \| *溧水	Lishui county in Nanjing 南京, Jiangsu


盐水 Yánshuǐ	盐水 \| 盐水* \| *盐水	Yanshui town in Tainan county 台南縣｜台南县, Taiwan	鹽水


盐水 yánshuǐ	盐水 \| 盐水* \| *盐水	salt water / brine	鹽水


抽水 chōushuǐ	抽水 \| 抽水* \| *抽水	to pump water / (coll.) to shrink in the wash


落水 luòshuǐ	落水 \| 落水* \| *落水	to fall into water / to sink / overboard / fig. to degenerate / to sink (into depravity) / to go to the dogs


药水 Yàoshuǐ	药水 \| 药水* \| *药水	Yaksu in North Korea, near the border with Liaoning and Jiling province	藥水


药水 yàoshuǐ	药水 \| 药水* \| *药水	medicine in liquid form / bottled medicine / lotion	藥水


绿水 lǜshuǐ	绿水 \| 绿水* \| *绿水	green water / crystal-clear water	綠水


腹水 fùshuǐ	腹水 \| 腹水* \| *腹水	(medicine) ascites; ascitic fluid; hydroperitoneum


注水 zhùshuǐ	注水 \| 注水* \| *注水	to pour water into / to inject water into


碱水 jiǎnshuǐ	碱水 \| 碱水* \| *碱水	lye water; alkaline water (used in cooking)	鹼水


防水 fángshuǐ	防水 \| 防水* \| *防水	waterproof


大水 dàshuǐ	大水 \| 大水* \| *大水	flood


金水 Jīnshuǐ	金水 \| 金水* \| *金水	Jinshui District of Zhengzhou City 鄭州市｜郑州市, Henan


滴水 dīshuǐ	滴水 \| 滴水* \| *滴水	water drop / dripping water


引水 yǐnshuǐ	引水 \| 引水* \| *引水	to pilot a ship / to channel water / to draw water (for irrigation)


凉水 liángshuǐ	凉水 \| 凉水* \| *凉水	cool water / unboiled water	涼水


潮水 cháoshuǐ	潮水 \| 潮水* \| *潮水	tide


跳水 tiàoshuǐ	跳水 \| 跳水* \| *跳水	to dive (into water) / (sports) diving / to commit suicide by jumping into water / (fig.) (of stock prices etc) to fall dramatically


泼水 pōshuǐ	泼水 \| 泼水* \| *泼水	to sprinkle / to spill water	潑水


顺水 shùnshuǐ	顺水 \| 顺水* \| *顺水	with the current	順水


一头雾水 yītóuwùshuǐ	一头雾水 \| 一头雾水* \| *一头雾水	to be confused / to be baffled	一頭霧水


露水 lùshuǐ	露水 \| 露水* \| *露水	dew / fig. short-lasting / ephemeral


冰水 bīngshuǐ	冰水 \| 冰水* \| *冰水	iced water


泗水 Sì Shuǐ	泗水 \| 泗水* \| *泗水	Si River in Shandong


泗水 Sìshuǐ	泗水 \| 泗水* \| *泗水	Sishui County in Jining 濟寧｜济宁, Shandong / Surabaya, capital of East Java province of Indonesia


通水 tōngshuǐ	通水 \| 通水* \| *通水	to have running water (in a house etc)


游山玩水 yóushānwánshuǐ	游山玩水 \| 游山玩水* \| *游山玩水	to go on a scenic tour	遊山玩水


显山露水 xiǎnshānlùshuǐ	显山露水 \| 显山露水* \| *显山露水	to reveal one's talent (idiom)	顯山露水


祸水 huòshuǐ	祸水 \| 祸水* \| *祸水	source of calamity (esp. of women)	禍水


行云流水 xíngyúnliúshuǐ	行云流水 \| 行云流水* \| *行云流水	lit. moving clouds and flowing water (idiom) / fig. very natural and flowing style of calligraphy, writing, etc / natural and unforced	行雲流水

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