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水面

Word definition:

Usage Tips
Simplified
Pīnyīn
English Definition Add a new word to the dictionary Traditional
HSK
water surface
HSK 7-9

Character decomposition:

CharacterTot Str
Rad / Str
Mandarin
Pīnyīn
Unihan Definition
standalone and in compounds
Jyutping
Cantonese
Variant
Four corner
Cangjie
component searchstroke orderdetailspronouncebaikeskritter
 *水* | 水* | *水
4画
water, liquid, lotion, juice
1223.0
E
component searchstroke orderdetailspronouncebaikeskritter
 *面* | 面* | *面
9画
face; surface; plane; side, dimension; Kangxi radical 176
1060.0
MWYL

Word decomposition:

SimplifiedEnglish Definition
water surface
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *水* | 水* | *水
surname Shui / Shui ethnic group
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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
 
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *面* | 面* | *面
face / side / surface / aspect / top / classifier for objects with flat surfaces such as drums, mirrors, flags etc
 
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *面* | 面* | *面
variant of 麵|面
 
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *面* | 面* | *面
flour / noodles / (of food) soft (not crunchy) / (slang) (of a person) ineffectual / spineless


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