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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
fruit / CL: 個|个
HSK 1
horizontal; level / a standard; a level (of ability, development etc)
HSK 2
aquatic products (including fish, crabs, seaweed etc)
HSK 5
flood / flood damage
HSK 5
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *水* | 水* | *水
surname Shui
moisture content / (fig.) overstatement / padding
HSK 5
cement / CL:
HSK 6
reservoir / CL:
HSK 5
water surface
HSK 7-9
jellyfish / medusa
water spinach or ong choy (Ipomoea aquatica), used as a vegetable in south China and southeast Asia
canal
smuggled goods / unauthorized goods
HSK 7-9
Shuilin township in Yunlin county 雲林縣|云林县, Taiwan
mariner / sailor / seaman
HSK 7-9
water conservancy / irrigation works
HSK 7-9
the bottom of a body of water
faucet / tap
HSK 7-9
boiled dumpling (made by wrapping a pasta skin around a filling, like ravioli)
water source / water supply / headwaters of a river
HSK 7-9
level (of achievement etc) / standard / level (surveying)
HSK 7-9
enlisted sailor in navy
hydrology
Watergate scandal
aquarium (open to the public)
rice / paddy / CL:
HSK 7-9
boiled egg
sink
HSK 7-9
water temperature
HSK 7-9
water pollution
edge of the water / waterside / shore (of sea, lake or river)
lit. as the water recedes, the rocks appear (idiom) / fig. the truth comes to light
HSK 7-9
spray of water; splash / (dialect) chickenpox
honey peach / juicy peach
water pipe
HSK 7-9
crystal
HSK 7-9
Water Margin or Outlaws of the Marsh by Shi Nai'an 施耐庵, one of the Four Classic Novels of Chinese literature
lit. where water flows, a canal is formed (idiom) / fig. when conditions are right, success will follow naturally
water ice (i.e. frozen H2O)
water vapor / steam / moisture
(astronomy) Mercury
aquatic product
water jar
HSK 7-9
waters / body of water
HSK 7-9
edge of the water / shore or sea, lake or river / seashore
chickenpox / Varicella zoster (med.)
aquatic plants / water and grass (i.e. favorable foraging land for livestock or wild animals) / (Malaysia) (coll.) drinking straw
narcissus / daffodil / legendary aquatic immortal / refers to those buried at sea / person who wanders abroad and does not return
to grow plants hydroponically
hydraulic power
water quality
water pollution
hydraulic engineering
jellyfish / medusa
vapor
Ministry of Water Resources (PRC)
hydroelectric power plant
the tide rises, the boat floats (idiom); fig. to change with the overall trend / to develop according to the situation
HSK 7-9
water buffalo
paddy field; rice paddy
under the water / submarine
patchwork of waterways, esp. in Jiangsu / same as 江南水鄉|江南水乡
to hydrate
watercolor / aquarelle
water pressure
wave / (water) ripple
depth (of waterway) / sounding
hydrotherapy / aquatherapy
crystal ball
jet ski
completely incompatible / lit. incompatible as fire and water
water valve; sluice gate / (aviation) water salute
water hazard (golf)
(geography) hydrosphere
Wednesday (used in ancient Chinese astronomy)
water cannon
drainage system
piranha (fish)
soluble (in water) / solubility
amphibious (vehicle)
level (device to determine horizontal) / spirit level / surveyor's level
aquaculture
Shuishang Township in Chiayi County 嘉義縣|嘉义县, west Taiwan
on water / aquatic
water sports / aquatic motion / movement over water
swimming ability / characteristics of a body of water (depth, currents etc) / aqueous / water-based (paint etc)
water bill
pool
ink (used in painting)
kettle / canteen / watering can
HSK 7-9
sluice / water gate / waterlocks / floodgate / lock / dam
hose / pipe / fire hose / (botany) water primrose (Jussiaea repens)
Suweon City, capital of Gyeonggi province 京畿道, South Korea
not acclimatized
watercolor
river / stream
droplet / dewdrop
scuba

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