水 (shuǐ)
water; liquid
How 水 is written
- Strokes
- 4
- Traditional
- 水
- Simplified
- 水 (unchanged)
Common words using 水
- 水平 shuǐpíng
- level (of achievement etc); standard; horizontal
- 水果 shuǐguǒ
- fruit; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 水瓶座 shuǐpíngzuò
- Aquarius (constellation and sign of the zodiac); variant of 寶瓶座|宝瓶座
- 一頭霧水 yītóuwùshuǐ
- to be confused; to be baffled
- 下水 xiàshuǐ
- downstream; to go into the water; to put into water
- 下水道 xiàshuǐdào
- sewer
- 冰水 bīngshuǐ
- iced water
- 冷水 lěngshuǐ
- cold water; unboiled water; fig. not yet ready (of plans)
- 出水 chūshuǐ
- to discharge water; to appear out of the water; to break the surface
- 口水 kǒushuǐ
- saliva
- 墨水 mòshuǐ
- ink; CL:瓶[ping2]
- 奶水 nǎishuǐ
- mother's milk; also fig. the hand that feeds you
水 in a sentence
醫生說感冒要多喝溫開水，多休息。
Yīshēng shuō gǎnmào yào duō hē wēn kāishuǐ, duō xiūxí.
“The doctor said that for a cold, you need to drink more warm water and rest more.”
How common is 水?
水 is the 202nd most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 56% of all running text.
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