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  *水* | 水* | *水
water / (after a name) ... River / to swim (used mostly in 會水|会水 and 水性) / (coll.) lacking in substance; shoddy / (bound form) additional cost; extra income / classifier for washings of a garment
HSK 1
medicine in liquid form / bottled medicine / lotion
HSK 2
cool water / unboiled water
HSK 3
mineral water / CL: ,
HSK 4
teardrop / tears
HSK 4
seawater
HSK 4
soda pop; carbonated soft drink
HSK 4
boiled water / boiling water
HSK 4
purified water
HSK 4
sewage
HSK 5
glue
HSK 5
rainwater; rainfall; rain
HSK 5
salary / wage
HSK 6
hot water
HSK 6
running water; tap water
HSK 6
cold water / unboiled water / fig. not yet ready (of plans)
HSK 6
beverage; drink
HSK 6
deluge; flood
HSK 6
to dive (into water) / (sports) diving / to commit suicide by jumping into water / (fig.) (of stock prices etc) to fall dramatically
HSK 6
ink / CL:
HSK 6
running water / (business) turnover
HSK 7-9
drinking water
HSK 7-9
saliva
HSK 7-9
perfume / cologne
HSK 7-9
sweat / perspiration
HSK 7-9
feng shui / geomancy
HSK 7-9
to shrink (in the wash) / fig. to shrink (of profits etc)
HSK 7-9
drinking water; potable water
HSK 7-9
groundwater
HSK 7-9
to save water
HSK 7-9
to pour cold water on / (fig.) to dampen sb's enthusiasm
HSK 7-9
to turn on the water / to let water out / (sports) to throw a game
HSK 7-9
to dive / to go under water / (in an online forum) to lurk
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *水* | 水* | *水
surname Shui
slop / swill
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
Tamsui or Danshui, district of New Taipei City 新北市, Taiwan
potable water (water with low salt content) / fresh water
like a fish back in water (idiom); glad to be back in one's proper surroundings
to drain
water storage
Qüxü county, Tibetan: Chu shur rdzong in Lhasa 拉薩|拉萨, Tibet
perfumed toilet water / eau de cologne / floral water / hydrosol
to immerse in water; to drench; to inundate / irrigation water
syrup / sweetened water / tong sui (sweet soup)
to swim
limpid autumn waters (trad. description of girl's beautiful eyes)
iced water
supplied with water (of a house)
tea prepared in large quantity using inexpensive tea leaves
(of pipes, ceilings, roofs etc) to leak water; to have a water leak
to drown
Laishui county in Baoding 保定, Hebei
clean water / purified water
to discharge water / to appear out of the water / to break the surface
to fall into water / to sink / overboard / fig. to degenerate / to sink (into depravity) / to go to the dogs
Sheung Shui (area in Hong Kong)
upper reaches (of a river) / to go upstream / to add some water / to water (a crop etc)
Yaksu in North Korea, near the border with Liaoning and Jiling province
to sprinkle
mouthwash
Yushui or Rain Water, 2nd of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 19th February-5th March
waterproof
water shortage / dehydration
Xiushui or Hsiushui Township in Changhua County 彰化縣|彰化县, Taiwan
waste water / drain water / effluent
water intake / to obtain water (from a well etc)
salt water / brine
water seepage
to dry out / to extract water / dehydration / dehydrated / desiccation
lit. to not show the mountain and to not reveal the water (idiom); fig. to hide the key facts
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
offal / viscera / tripe
to skim / lightly touching the water (as the dragonfly in the idiom 蜻蜓點水|蜻蜓点水) / skin-deep
to have water get in (one's ear, shoes etc) / to get flooded / inflow of water
to leak / to flow / to catch on fire
to be confused / to be baffled
spring water / CL:
Jinshui District of Zhengzhou City 鄭州市|郑州市, Henan
grease / profit / ill-gotten gains
to heat water / to boil water
muddy water / mud / masonry (craft)
to draw water / to splash water
to collect water / to be covered with water / to pond / accumulated water / ponding
salt water / brine
drinking water / to obtain water (for daily needs) / to absorb water / draft (of ship)
hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) solution
arousal fluid
water drop / dripping water
boiling water
with the current
flood
eye drops / eyewash
to pour water into / to inject water into
to turn traitor; to defect
(idiom) muddy and wet / (idiom) (of speech, writing etc) slovenly; sloppy; (of actions) indecisive
source of calamity (esp. of women)
holy water
lit. green hills and clear waters (idiom) / fig. picturesque natural scenery

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