水
shuǐ
Meaning
- water
- ... River
- to swim (used mostly in 会水 huì shuǐ and 水性 shuǐ xìng)
- lacking in substance · shoddy
- additional cost · extra income
- classifier for washings of a garment
- surname Shui
- Shui ethnic group
Example sentences
他要了水喝。
tā yào le shuǐ hē。
He asked for water to drink.
这条河的水很洁净。
這條河的水很潔淨。
zhè tiáo hé de shuǐ hěn jié jìng。
The water in this river is very clean.
水漏进了泳镜里。看起来尺寸不合适。
水漏進了泳鏡裏。看起來尺寸不合適。
shuǐ lòu jìn le yǒng jìng lǐ。 kàn qǐ lái chǐ cùn bù hé shì。
Water leaked into the swimming goggles. They look like the wrong size.