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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
HSK 1
medicine in liquid form / bottled medicine / lotion
HSK 2
glue
HSK 5
horizontal; level / a standard; a level (of ability, development etc)
HSK 2
teardrop / tears
HSK 4
mineral water / CL: ,
HSK 4
cool water / unboiled water
HSK 3
rainwater; rainfall; rain
HSK 5
boiled water / boiling water
HSK 4
soda pop; carbonated soft drink
HSK 4
ink / CL:
HSK 6
aquatic products (including fish, crabs, seaweed etc)
HSK 5
to dive (into water) / (sports) diving / to commit suicide by jumping into water / (fig.) (of stock prices etc) to fall dramatically
HSK 6
seawater
HSK 4
deepwater port
flood / flood damage
HSK 5
concrete-paved surface; concrete floor
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *水* | 水* | *水
surname Shui / Shui ethnic group
cold water / unboiled water / fig. not yet ready (of plans)
HSK 6
saliva
HSK 7-9
to cut off the water supply; water outage
purified water
HSK 4
salary / wage
HSK 6
Lushui, a county-level city in Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture 怒江傈僳族自治州, Yunnan
sweat / perspiration
HSK 7-9
pure water
naturally flowing water (as opposed to stagnant water)
moisture content / (fig.) overstatement; padding
HSK 5
cement / CL:
HSK 6
(chemistry) deionized water
waterbed; water mattress
wastewater that contains feces
underground drain; sewer
receipt; itemized bill; transaction record
alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages (e.g. on a menu)
HSK 6
Mito (city in Japan)
hot water
HSK 6
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
deluge; flood
HSK 6
reservoir / CL:
HSK 5
(coll.) to chat casually; to shoot the breeze (originally Cantonese)
(chemistry) water glass
(old) (of a half-sibling) having the same father but different mother
running water; tap water
HSK 6
water surface
HSK 7-9
feng shui / geomancy
HSK 7-9
to draw water (from a well) / (coll.) to receive an IV drip
groundwater
HSK 7-9
water heater
HSK 6
jellyfish / medusa
water spinach or ong choy (Ipomoea aquatica), used as a vegetable in south China and southeast Asia
sewage
HSK 5
canal
lit. to pull sb into the water / to involve sb in a messy business / to get sb into trouble
stagnant water / backwater
(Tw) sanitary sewer system
water-driven armillary sphere (Zhang Heng's famous astronomical apparatus)
smuggled goods / unauthorized goods
HSK 7-9
landscape painting
pig offal
to turn on the water / to let water out / (sports) to throw a game
HSK 7-9
tonic water; quinine water
Lishui, a district of Nanjing City 南京市, Jiangsu
sailor; seaman; mariner
HSK 7-9
cologne
water conservancy / irrigation works
HSK 7-9
man seeks his way up just as water seeks its way down (idiom) / one should constantly strive to make progress
Shuifu, a county-level city in Zhaotong City 昭通市, Yunnan
the bottom of a body of water
saltwater fish
reinforced concrete
faucet / tap
HSK 7-9
like a fish back in water (idiom); glad to be back in one's proper surroundings
boiled dumpling (made by wrapping a pasta skin around a filling, like ravioli)
water hyacinth (Pontederia crassipes)
Three Gorges Reservoir on the Changjiang or Yangtze
(loanword) cologne
ammonia solution
water source / water supply / headwaters of a river
HSK 7-9
level (of achievement etc) / standard / level (surveying)
HSK 7-9
HSK (Chinese Proficiency Test)
to pour cold water on / (fig.) to dampen sb's enthusiasm
HSK 7-9
water-induction engineering / irrigation engineering
(dialect) slop; swill
lit. don't let one's own fertile water flow into others' field / fig. keep the goodies within the family (proverb)
strangers coming together by chance (idiom)
HSK 7-9
enlisted sailor in navy
toner (cosmetics)
hydrology
Watergate scandal
aquarium (open to the public)
lit. the dragonfly touches the water lightly / superficial contact (idiom)
rice / paddy / CL:
HSK 7-9
drinking water; potable water
HSK 7-9

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