水 shuǐ
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shuǐ
noun
water
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: For example, in literary Chinese, 遠水不救近火 'distant water cannot extinguish a nearby fire', from Han Feizi's Shuo Lin Shang (DCP 'Y448'; GHC '水' 1; Kroll 2015 '水' 1, p. 425; Sun 2006, loc. 1377; Unihan '水') -
shuǐ
noun
Kangxi radical 85
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Radicals
Notes: (ABC back cover; GHC p. 7) -
shuǐ
noun
a river
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 河流 (Kroll 2015 '水' 3; Kroll 2015 '水' 2, p. 425) -
shuǐ
noun
liquid; lotion; juice
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '水' 1, p. 425; Unihan '水') -
shuǐ
noun
a flood
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 水灾 (Kroll 2015 '水' 2, p. 425; Kroll 2015 '水' 3) -
shuǐ
verb
to swim
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '水' 4, p. 425) -
shuǐ
noun
a body of water
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 水域 (GHC '水' 4) -
shuǐ
proper noun
Shui
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
Notes: (GHC '水' 6) -
shuǐ
noun
water element
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: One of the 五行 'five elements' of traditional Chinese thought (GHC '水' 5; Kroll 2015 '水' 1, p. 425; Sun 2006, loc. 1377)
Contained in
- 人不可貌相,海水不可斗量 you can't judge a person by appearance, just as you can't measure the sea with a pint pot
- 水稻 rice
- 饮用水(飲用水) drinking water; potable water
- 水池 a pond; a pool
- 翱翔于激水之上(翱翔於激水之上) it lingers over the fretted face of the pond
- 铁打的衙门,流水的官(鐵打的衙門,流水的官) the yamen is strong as iron, the officials flow like water; government officials come and go
- 水行侠(水行俠) Aquaman, DC comic book superhero
- 水渠 canal
- 水蜜桃 honey peach; juicy peach
- 墨水 ink ; learning
- 开水壶(開水壺) kettle
- 水泵 water pump
- 碳水化合物 a carbohydrate
- 水到渠成 where water flows a channel will form
- 水化 to hydrate
- 水生 aquatic (plant, animal)
- 钢骨水泥(鋼骨水泥) reinforced concrete
- 兵来将挡,水来土掩(兵來將擋,水來土掩) counter soldiers with arms, water with an earth weir; different situations call for different action
- 逐水 to relieve oedema through purging or diuresis
- 潜水衣(潛水衣) diving suit
- 陈水扁(陳水扁) Chen Shuibian
- 水母体(水母體) jellyfish; medusa
- 储水(儲水) to store water
- 紫水晶 amethyst
- 舀水 to bail (i.e. scoop water)
- 水道 an aqueduct; a sewer ; a swimming lane
- 水烟袋(水煙袋) a hookah
- 倒苦水 to pour out one's grievances
- 半瓶水响叮当(半瓶水響叮噹) if you tap a half-empty bottle it makes a sound; empty vessels make the most noise
- 轻水反应堆(輕水反應堆) light water reactor (LWR)
- 远水救不了近火(遠水救不了近火) water in a distant place is of little use in putting out a fire right here
- 学如逆水行舟,不进则退(學如逆水行舟,不進則退) Study is like rowing upstream: no advance is to drop back
- 饮水机(飲水機) water dispenser; water cooler; drinking fountain
- 依山傍水 mountains on one side and water on the other
- 湟水 Huangshui River
- 排水 to drain
- 水军(水軍) navy
- 水温表(水溫表) engine temperature gauge; coolant temperature gauge
- 生活水平 living standards
- 逆水行舟 a boat going against the current; you must work harder
Also contained in
舞水端里 、 黑水县 、 水磨沟 、 秀水乡 、 大水冲了龙王庙 、 邻水 、 沈水香 、 三水 、 冷水江市 、 水浒传 、 曹源一滴水
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 《卷十二‧水部》 Scroll 12, Shuǐ Radical Shuo Wen Jie Zi 說文解字 — count: 718
- 卷四十二 志第十八 地理三 Volume 42 Treatises 18: Geography 3 History of Ming 明史 — count: 317
- 卷四十一 志第十七 地理二 Volume 41 Treatises 17: Geography 2 History of Ming 明史 — count: 213
- 卷四十四 志第二十 地理五 Volume 44 Treatises 20: Geography 5 History of Ming 明史 — count: 194
- 卷四十三 志第十九 地理四 Volume 43 Treatises 19: Geography 4 History of Ming 明史 — count: 192
- 卷六十一 志第十四 五行一上 Volume 61 Treatises 14: Five Elements 1a History of Song 宋史 — count: 180
- 卷二十五 志第六: 地理中 南京路 河北東路 河北西路 山東東路 山東西路 Volume 25 Treatises 6: Geography 2 - Nanjing Circuit, Hebei Circuit East, Hebei Circuit West, Shandong Circuit East, Shandong Circuit West History of Jin 金史 — count: 165
- 卷四十 志第十六 地理一 Volume 40 Treatises 16: Geography 1 History of Ming 明史 — count: 142
- 卷二十六 志第七: 地理下 大名府路 河東北路 河東南路 京兆府路 鳳翔路 鄜延路 慶原路 臨洮路 Volume 26 Treatises 7: Geography 3 - Da Ming Prefecture Circuit, Hedong Circuit North, Hedong Circuit South, Jingzhao Prefecture Circuit, Fengxian Circuit, Fuyan Circuit, Qingyuan Circuit, Lintao Circuit History of Jin 金史 — count: 124
- 卷五十 志第三上: 五行一 Volume 50 Treatises 3: Five Elements 1 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 119
Collocations
- 水潦 (水潦) 水潦將降 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 9
- 淇水 (淇水) 淇水湯湯 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧衞‧氓 Lessons from the states - Odes of Wei - Mang — count: 8
- 在水 (在水) 在水一方 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧秦‧蒹葭 Lessons from the states - Odes of Qin - Jian Jia — count: 7
- 水饮 (水飲) 士疏食水飲 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《喪大記》 The Greater Record of Mourning Rites — count: 6
- 疏食水 (疏食水) 士疏食水飲 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《喪大記》 The Greater Record of Mourning Rites — count: 6
- 泮水 (泮水) 泮水 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 魯頌‧駉之什‧泮水 Sacrificial odes of Zhou - Decade Of Jiong - Pan Shui — count: 6
- 漷水 (漷水) 取邾田自漷水 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 5
- 水泉 (水泉) 收水泉池澤之賦 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《月令》 Proceedings of Government in the Different Months — count: 4
- 水浆 (水漿) 水漿不入於口者七日 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《檀弓上》 Tan Gong I — count: 3
- 维水 (維水) 維水泱泱 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 小雅‧甫田之什‧瞻彼洛矣 Minor odes of the kingdom - Fu Tian Zhi Shen - Zhan Bi Luo Yi — count: 3