水 shuǐ

1. 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')
2. shuǐ noun Kangxi radical 85
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Radicals
   Notes: (ABC back cover; GHC p. 7)
3. 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)
4. shuǐ noun liquid; lotion; juice
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '水' 1, p. 425; Unihan '水')
5. 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)
6. shuǐ verb to swim
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '水' 4, p. 425)
7. shuǐ noun a body of water
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 水域 (GHC '水' 4)
8. shuǐ proper noun Shui
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
   Notes: (GHC '水' 6)
9. 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

• 蜻蜓点水(蜻蜓點水) the dragonfly touches the water lightly; superficial contact
• 水下核爆炸 nuclear underwater burst; underwater nuclear explosion
• 轻水反应堆(輕水反應堆) light water reactor (LWR)
• 沈水 to sink in water ; Shen River
• 水蛭 a leech
• 水货(水貨) smuggled goods; unauthorized goods
• 引水 to pilot a ship; to channel water; to draw water (for irrigation)
• 水袖 flowing sleeves (part of theatrical costume)
• 砚水壶儿(硯水壺兒) water container for an ink slab
• 水乳之契 water and milk blended together; compatible
• 提水工程 project to raise low-lying water for irrigation purposes
• 眼药水(眼藥水) eye drops; eye lotion
• 奶水 mother's milk
• 点水不漏(點水不漏) not one drop of water leaks; thoughtful and completely rigorous; watertight
• 网络水军(網絡水軍) Internet Navy; paid Internet posters; astroturfers
• 潭水 deep water
• 洒水车(灑水車) sprinkler truck
• 学术水平(學術水平) academic level
• 水溶 water soluble
• 万水千山只等闲(萬水千山只等閒) thousands of rivers and mountains are barriers slight
• 去光水 nail polish remover
• 吃水不忘掘井人 Drinking the water of a well, one should never forget who dug it.
• 热水(熱水) hot water
• 风水(風水) fengshui ; wind and water
• 滑水 water skiing; to water-ski
• 淡水湖 freshwater lake
• 多水分 juicy
• 王水 Aqua regia
• 耐水性 waterproof
• 水陆师(水陸師) army and navy (in Qing times)
• 存水弯(存水彎) trap (plumbing); U-bend
• 家庭汙水 domestic wastewater
• 烧水(燒水) to heat water; to boil water
• 羊水穿刺 amniocentesis (used in Taiwan)
• 水文圈 hydrosphere
• 滴水石穿 dripping water penetrates the stone; constant perseverance yields success; You can achieve your aim if you try hard without giving up.
• 竹篮打水，一场空(竹籃打水，一場空) using a wicker basket to draw water; wasted effort
• 泔水 slop; swill
• 巴山蜀水 mountains and rivers of Sichuan
• 水文 hydrology
• 酒水 beverage; a drink
• 水土 water and soil
• 滴水不漏 not one drop of water can leak out; watertight; rigorous (argument)
• 硬水 hard water

Also contained in

泸水 、 沃水 、 椆水 、 清水镇 、 水船 、 明水 、 陵水县

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: 717
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 汶水 (汶水) 汶水湯湯 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧齊‧載驅 Lessons from the states - Odes of Qi - Bi Gou — count: 3