What does 水 mean in Chinese?
水 (shuǐ) means water.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
水
water
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
water
02
(after a name)... River
03
to swim (used mostly in 会水 and 水性 shuǐxìng)
04
(coll.) lacking in substance; shoddy
05
(bound form) additional cost; extra income
06
classifier for washings of a garment
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Usage notes and example sentences are hand-written, so they exist for only a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 水
How do you pronounce 水?
水 is pronounced shuǐ.
Is 水 an HSK word?
水 is on the HSK 1 list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
What part of speech is 水?
水 is used as a 名词 (noun) in Chinese.
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