| Simplified | Traditional | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|---|
| 水 | 水 | Shuǐ | - surname Shui |
| 水 | 水 | shuǐ | - water - river - liquid - beverage - additional charges or income - (of clothes) classifier for number of washes |
| 三水 | 三水 | Sānshuǐ | - Sanshui district of Foshan city 佛山市[Fo2 shan1 shi4], Guangdong |
| 上水 | 上水 | Shàngshuǐ | - Sheung Shui (area in Hong Kong) |
| 下水 | 下水 | xiàshuǐ | - 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 |
| 下水 | 下水 | xiàshui | - offal - viscera - tripe |
| 二水 | 二水 | Èrshuǐ | - Erhshui township in Changhua county 彰化縣|彰化县[Zhang1 hua4 xian4], Taiwan |
| 五行 | 五行 | wǔxíng | - five phases of Chinese philosophy: wood 木, fire 火, earth 土, metal 金, water 水 |
| 伊水 | 伊水 | Yīshuǐ | - Yi river in west Henan, tributary of North Luo river 洛河|洛河[Luo4 he2] |
| 供水 | 供水 | gōngshuǐ | - to supply water |
| 修水 | 修水 | Xiūshuǐ | - Xiushui county in Jiujiang 九江, Jiangxi |
| 储水 | 儲水 | chǔshuǐ | - to store water |
| 冰水 | 冰水 | bīngshuǐ | - iced water |
| 冷水 | 冷水 | lěngshuǐ | - cold water - unboiled water - fig. not yet ready (of plans) |
| 出水 | 出水 | chūshuǐ | - to discharge water - to appear out of the water - to break the surface |
| 汇水 | 匯水 | huìshuǐ | - remittance fee |
| 原水 | 原水 | yuánshuǐ | - raw water - unpurified water |
| 反水 | 反水 | fǎnshuǐ | - turncoat - traitor |
| 取水 | 取水 | qǔshuǐ | - water intake - to obtain water (from a well etc) |
| 口水 | 口水 | kǒushuǐ | - saliva |
| 吃水 | 吃水 | chīshuǐ | - drinking water - to obtain water (for daily needs) - to absorb water - draft (of ship) |
| 合水 | 合水 | Héshuǐ | - Heshui county in Qingyang 慶陽|庆阳[Qing4 yang2], Gansu |
| 吉水 | 吉水 | Jíshuǐ | - Jishui county in Ji'an 吉安, Jiangxi |
| 含水 | 含水 | hánshuǐ | - watery |
| 吸水 | 吸水 | xīshuǐ | - absorbent |
| 商水 | 商水 | Shāngshuǐ | - Shangshui county in Zhoukou 周口[Zhou1 kou3], Henan |
| 墨水 | 墨水 | mòshuǐ | - ink - CL:瓶[ping2] |
| 坏水 | 壞水 | huàishuǐ | - evil tricks |
| 大水 | 大水 | dàshuǐ | - flood |
| 天水 | 天水 | Tiānshuǐ | - Tianshui prefecture level city in Gansu |
| 奶水 | 奶水 | nǎishuǐ | - mother's milk |
| 尾水 | 尾水 | wěishuǐ | - tailwater - outflow (from mill or power plant) |
| 山水 | 山水 | Shānshuǐ | - Sansui, Japanese company |
| 山水 | 山水 | shānshuǐ | - water from a mountain - mountains and rivers - scenery - landscape |
| 废水 | 廢水 | fèishuǐ | - waste water - drain water - effluent |
| 广水 | 廣水 | Guǎngshuǐ | - Guangshui county level city in Suizhou 隨州|随州[Sui2 zhou1], Hubei |
| 建水 | 建水 | Jiànshuǐ | - Jianshui county in Honghe Hani and Yi autonomous prefecture, Yunnan |
| 引水 | 引水 | yǐnshuǐ | - to pilot a ship - to channel water - to draw water (for irrigation) |
| 徐水 | 徐水 | Xúshuǐ | - Xushui county in Baoding 保定[Bao3 ding4], Hebei |
| 惠水 | 惠水 | Huìshuǐ | - Huishui county in Qiannan Buyei and Miao autonomous prefecture 黔南州[Qian2 nan2 zhou1], Guizhou |
| 恶水 | 惡水 | èshuǐ | - dirty water - water that is unfit to drink - slops - treacherous rapids |
| 戽水 | 戽水 | hùshuǐ | - to bail (i.e. scoop water) |
| 打水 | 打水 | dǎshuǐ | - to draw water - to splash water |
| 抗水 | 抗水 | kàngshuǐ | - waterproof - water resistant |
| 排水 | 排水 | páishuǐ | - to drain |
| 掬水 | 掬水 | jūshuǐ | - to scoop up water |
| 掺水 | 摻水 | chānshuǐ | - to dilute - to water down - watered down |
| 放水 | 放水 | fàngshuǐ | - to turn on the water - to let water out - to throw a game (sports) |
| 散水 | 散水 | sànshuǐ | - apron (sloping brickwork to disperse water) |
| 文水 | 文水 | Wénshuǐ | - Wenshui county in Lüliang 呂梁|吕梁[Lu:3 liang2], Shanxi 山西 |
| 明水 | 明水 | Míngshuǐ | - Mingshui county in Suihua 綏化|绥化, Heilongjiang |
| 曲水 | 曲水 | Qǔshuǐ | - Qüxü county, Tibetan: Chu shur rdzong in Lhasa 拉薩|拉萨[La1 sa4], Tibet |
| 有水 | 有水 | yǒushuǐ | - supplied with water (of a house) |
| 枯水 | 枯水 | kūshuǐ | - scarce water - low water level |
| 柞水 | 柞水 | Zhàshuǐ | - Zhashui County in Shangluo 商洛[Shang1 luo4], Shaanxi |
| 椆水 | 椆水 | ChóuShuǐ | - old name of an unidentified river in Henan Province, mentioned by 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3] |
| 武水 | 武水 | Wǔshuǐ | - the Wu river in Hunan and Guangdong - formerly Shuang river 瀧水|泷水 |
| 死水 | 死水 | sǐshuǐ | - stagnant water - backwater |
| 水上 | 水上 | Shuǐshàng | - Shuishang township in Chiayi county 嘉義縣|嘉义县[Jia1 yi4 xian4], west Taiwan |
| 水上 | 水上 | shuǐshàng | - on water - aquatic |
| 水下 | 水下 | shuǐxià | - under the water - submarine |
| 水井 | 水井 | shuǐjǐng | - (water) well |
| 水亮 | 水亮 | shuǐliàng | - moist and glossy - wet look (of lipstick) |
| 水仙 | 水仙 | shuǐxiān | - narcissus - daffodil - legendary aquatic immortal - refers to those buried at sea - person who wanders abroad and does not return |
| 水位 | 水位 | shuǐwèi | - water level |
| 水兵 | 水兵 | shuǐbīng | - enlisted sailor in navy |
| 水冰 | 水冰 | shuǐbīng | - water ice (i.e. frozen H2O) |
| 水凼 | 水凼 | shuǐdàng | - pond |
| 水分 | 水分 | shuǐfèn | - moisture content - (fig.) overstatement - padding |
| 水刑 | 水刑 | shuǐxíng | - water-boarding (torture) |
| 水利 | 水利 | shuǐlì | - water conservancy - irrigation works |
| 水力 | 水力 | shuǐlì | - water power - hydraulic - water conservancy - irrigation works |
| 水印 | 水印 | shuǐyìn | - watermark |
| 水原 | 水原 | Shuǐyuán | - Suweon City, capital of Gyeonggi province 京畿道[Jing1 ji1 dao4], South Korea |
| 水合 | 水合 | shuǐhé | - hydration reaction |
| 水圈 | 水圈 | shuǐquān | - the earth's ocean - the hydrosphere (geology) |
| 水土 | 水土 | shuǐtǔ | - water and soil - surface water - natural environment (extended meaning) - climate |
| 水坑 | 水坑 | shuǐkēng | - puddle - water hole - sump |
| 水垢 | 水垢 | shuǐgòu | - limescale |
| 水城 | 水城 | Shuǐchéng | - Shuicheng county in Liupanshui 六盤水|六盘水[Liu4 pan2 shui3], Guizhou |
| 水域 | 水域 | shuǐyù | - waters - body of water |
| 水塘 | 水塘 | shuǐtáng | - pool |
| 水墨 | 水墨 | shuǐmò | - ink (used in painting) |
| 水压 | 水壓 | shuǐyā | - water pressure |
| 水坝 | 水壩 | shuǐbà | - dam - dike |
| 水壶 | 水壺 | shuǐhú | - kettle - canteen - watering can |
| 水客 | 水客 | shuǐkè | - smuggler, esp. of electronic goods from Macao or Hong Kong to Guangdong - boatman - fisherman - itinerant trader |
| 水害 | 水害 | shuǐhài | - flood damage |
| 水富 | 水富 | shuǐFù | - Shuifu county in Zhaotong 昭通[Zhao1 tong1], Yunnan |
| 水师 | 水師 | shuǐshī | - navy (in Qing times) |
| 水幕 | 水幕 | shuǐmù | - water screen (screen formed of sprayed water droplets, used for displaying projected images, for temperature control, or for air purification) |
| 水平 | 水平 | shuǐpíng | - level (of achievement etc) - standard - horizontal |
| 水底 | 水底 | shuǐdǐ | - underwater |
| 水库 | 水庫 | shuǐkù | - reservoir - CL:座[zuo4] |
| 水彩 | 水彩 | shuǐcǎi | - watercolor |
| 水性 | 水性 | shuǐxìng | - swimming ability - characteristics of a body of water (depth, currents etc) - aqueous - water-based (paint etc) |
| 水患 | 水患 | shuǐhuàn | - flooding - water disaster |
| 水手 | 水手 | shuǐshǒu | - mariner - sailor - seaman |
| 水文 | 水文 | shuǐwén | - hydrology |
| 水族 | 水族 | Shuǐzú | - Shui ethnic group of Guangxi |
| 水星 | 水星 | Shuǐxīng | - Mercury (planet) |
| 水晶 | 水晶 | shuǐjīng | - crystal |
| 水杉 | 水杉 | shuǐshān | - metasequoia |
| 水林 | 水林 | Shuǐlín | - Shuilin township in Yunlin county 雲林縣|云林县[Yun2 lin2 xian4], Taiwan |
| 水果 | 水果 | shuǐguǒ | - fruit - CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 水柱 | 水柱 | shuǐzhù | - stream or column of water |
| 水栗 | 水栗 | shuǐlì | - see 荸薺|荸荠[bi2 qi2] |
| 水桶 | 水桶 | shuǐtǒng | - bucket |
| 水栖 | 水棲 | shuǐqī | - aquatic - living in water |
| 水枪 | 水槍 | shuǐqiāng | - water pistol (toy) - water gun - sprinkler - water cannon |
| 水槽 | 水槽 | shuǐcáo | - sink |
| 水母 | 水母 | shuǐmǔ | - jellyfish - medusa |
| 水气 | 水氣 | shuǐqì | - water vapor - steam |
| 水汀 | 水汀 | shuǐtīng | - steam (Shanghainese) |
| 水池 | 水池 | shuǐchí | - pond - pool - sink - washbasin |
| 水汽 | 水汽 | shuǐqì | - water vapor - steam - moisture |
| 水泡 | 水泡 | shuǐpào | - bubble - blister |
| 水波 | 水波 | shuǐbō | - wave - (water) ripple |
| 水泥 | 水泥 | shuǐní | - cement - CL:袋[dai4] |
| 水泵 | 水泵 | shuǐbèng | - water pump |
| 水流 | 水流 | shuǐliú | - river - stream |
| 水深 | 水深 | shuǐshēn | - depth (of waterway) - sounding |
| 水渠 | 水渠 | shuǐqú | - canal |
| 水源 | 水源 | shuǐyuán | - water source - water supply - headwaters of a river |
| 水准 | 水準 | shuǐzhǔn | - level (of achievement etc) - standard - level (surveying) |
| 水沟 | 水溝 | shuǐgōu | - gutter - sewer |
| 水温 | 水溫 | shuǐwēn | - water temperature |
| 水溶 | 水溶 | shuǐróng | - water soluble |
| 水滴 | 水滴 | shuǐdī | - drop |
| 水浒 | 水滸 | shuǐhǔ | - edge of the water - shore or sea, lake or river - seashore |
| 水潭 | 水潭 | shuǐtán | - puddle - pool |
| 水灾 | 水災 | shuǐzāi | - flood - flood damage |
| 水烟 | 水煙 | shuǐyān | - shredded tobacco for water pipes |
| 水牛 | 水牛 | shuǐniú | - water buffalo |
| 水牢 | 水牢 | shuǐláo | - prison cell containing water, in which prisoners are forced to be partly immersed |
| 水獭 | 水獺 | shuǐtǎ | - otter |
| 水玉 | 水玉 | shuǐyù | - crystal - old word for 水晶 |
| 水珠 | 水珠 | shuǐzhū | - droplet - dewdrop |
| 水球 | 水球 | shuǐqiú | - water polo |
| 水生 | 水生 | shuǐshēng | - aquatic (plant, animal) |
| 水产 | 水產 | shuǐchǎn | - aquatic - produced in sea, rivers or lakes |
| 水田 | 水田 | shuǐtián | - paddy field - rice paddy |
| 水痘 | 水痘 | shuǐdòu | - chickenpox - Varicella zoster (med.) |
| 水疗 | 水療 | shuǐliáo | - hydrotherapy - aquatherapy |
| 水疱 | 水皰 | shuǐpào | - blister |
| 水盂 | 水盂 | shuǐyú | - water pot or goblet (for Chinese calligraphy) |
| 水盆 | 水盆 | shuǐpén | - basin |
| 水相 | 水相 | shuǐxiàng | - aqueous solution |
| 水碾 | 水碾 | shuǐniǎn | - water mill |
| 水神 | 水神 | shuǐshén | - river God |
| 水禽 | 水禽 | shuǐqín | - waterfowl |
| 水稻 | 水稻 | shuǐdào | - rice - paddy - CL:株[zhu1] |
| 水筲 | 水筲 | shuǐshāo | - well bucket - pail made of bamboo strips |
| 水管 | 水管 | shuǐguǎn | - water pipe |
| 水箱 | 水箱 | shuǐxiāng | - water tank - radiator (automobile) - cistern - lavabo |
| 水系 | 水系 | shuǐxì | - drainage system |
| 水纹 | 水紋 | shuǐwén | - ripples |
| 水绿 | 水綠 | shuǐlǜ | - light green |
| 水缸 | 水缸 | shuǐgāng | - water jar |
| 水肺 | 水肺 | shuǐfèi | - SCUBA (diving) |
| 水能 | 水能 | shuǐnéng | - hydroelectric power |
| 水肿 | 水腫 | shuǐzhǒng | - (med.) edema - dropsy |
| 水花 | 水花 | shuǐhuā | - splash - algal bloom - chickenpox (dialect) |
| 水草 | 水草 | shuǐcǎo | - water plants - habitat with water source and grass |
| 水蛇 | 水蛇 | shuǐshé | - water snake |
| 水蛭 | 水蛭 | shuǐzhì | - leech |
| 水螅 | 水螅 | shuǐxī | - Hydra (freshwater polyp) |
| 水表 | 水表 | shuǐbiǎo | - water meter - indicator of water level |
| 水解 | 水解 | shuǐjiě | - hydrolysis (chemical reaction with water) |
| 水貂 | 水貂 | shuǐdiāo | - mink (Mustela lutreola, M. vison) |
| 水货 | 水貨 | shuǐhuò | - smuggled goods - unauthorized goods |
| 水费 | 水費 | shuǐfèi | - water bill |
| 水质 | 水質 | shuǐzhì | - water quality |
| 水路 | 水路 | shuǐlù | - waterway |
| 水军 | 水軍 | shuǐjūn | - navy (archaic) |
| 水轮 | 水輪 | shuǐlún | - waterwheel - millwheel |
| 水运 | 水運 | shuǐyùn | - waterborne transport |
| 水道 | 水道 | shuǐdào | - aqueduct - sewer |
| 水边 | 水邊 | shuǐbiān | - edge of the water - waterside - shore (of sea, lake or river) |
| 水乡 | 水鄉 | shuǐxiāng | - patchwork of waterways, esp. in Jiangsu - same as 江南水鄉|江南水乡[Jiang1 nan2 shui3 xiang1] |
| 水里 | 水里 | Shuǐlǐ | - Shuili township in Nantou county 南投縣|南投县[Nan2 tou2 xian4], central Taiwan |
| 水量 | 水量 | shuǐliàng | - volume of water - quantity of flow |
| 水银 | 水銀 | shuǐyín | - mercury - quicksilver |
| 水闸 | 水閘 | shuǐzhá | - sluice - water gate - waterlocks - floodgate - lock - dam |
| 水陆 | 水陸 | shuǐlù | - water and land - by water and land (transport) - amphibian - delicacies from land and sea |
| 水雉 | 水雉 | shuǐzhì | - (Chinese bird species) pheasant-tailed jacana (Hydrophasianus chirurgus) |
| 水鸡 | 水雞 | shuǐjī | - moorhen (genus Gallinula) - gallinule - frog |
| 水雷 | 水雷 | shuǐléi | - naval mine |
| 水电 | 水電 | shuǐdiàn | - hydroelectric power - plumbing and electricity |
| 水灵 | 水靈 | shuǐlíng | - vivid - full of life - fresh |
| 水面 | 水面 | shuǐmiàn | - water surface |
| 水饺 | 水餃 | shuǐjiǎo | - boiled dumpling |
| 水马 | 水馬 | shuǐmǎ | - water-filled barrier |
| 水体 | 水體 | shuǐtǐ | - body of water |
| 水鸟 | 水鳥 | shuǐniǎo | - water bird |
| 水鹨 | 水鷚 | shuǐliù | - (Chinese bird species) water pipit (Anthus spinoletta) |
| 水鹿 | 水鹿 | shuǐlù | - sambar (Cervus unicolor) |
| 水龙 | 水龍 | shuǐlóng | - hose - pipe - fire hose - (botany) water primrose (Jussiaea repens) |
| 汁水 | 汁水 | zhīshuǐ | - (dialect) juice |
| 汗水 | 汗水 | hànshuǐ | - sweat - perspiration |
| 江水 | 江水 | jiāngshuǐ | - river water |
| 污水 | 污水 | wūshuǐ | - sewage |
| 汨水 | 汨水 | Mìshuǐ | - name of a river, the southern tributary of Miluo river 汨羅江|汨罗江[Mi4 luo2 jiang1] |
| 汲水 | 汲水 | jíshuǐ | - to draw water |
| 汽水 | 汽水 | qìshuǐ | - soda - pop |
| 沁水 | 沁水 | Qìnshuǐ | - Qinshui county in Jincheng 晉城|晋城[Jin4 cheng2], Shanxi |
| 沂水 | 沂水 | Yíshuǐ | - Yishui county in Linyi 臨沂|临沂[Lin2 yi2], Shandong |
| 沃水 | 沃水 | Wòshuǐ | - Wo river in Shanxi |
| 沅水 | 沅水 | Yuánshuǐ | - Yuan River |
| 河水 | 河水 | héshuǐ | - river water |
| 沸水 | 沸水 | fèishuǐ | - boiling water |
| 油水 | 油水 | yóushuǐ | - grease - profit - ill-gotten gains |
| 泉水 | 泉水 | quánshuǐ | - spring water - CL:股[gu3] |
| 泔水 | 泔水 | gānshuǐ | - slop - swill |
| 泗水 | 泗水 | Sìshuǐ | - Sishui County in Jining 濟寧|济宁[Ji3 ning2], Shandong - Surabaya, capital of East Java province of Indonesia |
| 泡水 | 泡水 | pàoshuǐ | - to infuse - to soak in water |
| 注水 | 注水 | zhùshuǐ | - to pour water into - to inject water into |
| 洣水 | 洣水 | Mǐshuǐ | - Mi river in Hunan, tributary of Xiangjiang 湘江 |
| 洧水 | 洧水 | Wěishuǐ | - river in Henan |
| 洪水 | 洪水 | hóngshuǐ | - deluge - flood |
| 流水 | 流水 | liúshuǐ | - running water |
| 浠水 | 浠水 | Xīshuǐ | - Xishui county in Huanggang 黃岡|黄冈[Huang2 gang1], Hubei |
| 海水 | 海水 | hǎishuǐ | - seawater |
| 涎水 | 涎水 | xiánshuǐ | - saliva |
| 凉水 | 涼水 | liángshuǐ | - cool water - unboiled water |
| 泪水 | 淚水 | lèishuǐ | - teardrop - tears |
| 淡水 | 淡水 | Dànshuǐ | - Danshui or Tanshui town in New Taipei City 新北市[Xin1 bei3 shi4], Taiwan |
| 淡水 | 淡水 | dànshuǐ | - potable water (water with low salt content) - fresh water |
| 净水 | 淨水 | jìngshuǐ | - clean water - purified water |
| 淫水 | 淫水 | yínshuǐ | - sexual secretions |
| 淯水 | 淯水 | Yùshuǐ | - name of river - old name of Baihe 白河 in Henan - same as 育水 |
| 涞水 | 淶水 | Láishuǐ | - Laishui county in Baoding 保定[Bao3 ding4], Hebei |
| 浅水 | 淺水 | qiǎnshuǐ | - shallow water |
| 清水 | 清水 | Qīngshuǐ | - Qingshui (place name) |
| 清水 | 清水 | qīngshuǐ | - fresh water - drinking water - clear water |
| 渝水 | 渝水 | Yúshuǐ | - old name of Jialing River 嘉陵江 in Sichuan through Chongqing - Yushui district of Xinyu city 新餘市 新余市, Jiangxi |
| 渭水 | 渭水 | wèishuǐ | - Wei River in Shaanxi through the Guanzhong 關中|关中 plain |
| 游水 | 游水 | yóushuǐ | - to swim |
| 湟水 | 湟水 | Huángshuǐ | - Huangshui River, upper reaches of the Yellow River 黃河|黄河[Huang2 He2], flowing through Qinghai and Gansu |
| 溧水 | 溧水 | Lìshuǐ | - Lishui county in Nanjing 南京, Jiangsu |
| 溺水 | 溺水 | nìshuǐ | - to drown |
| 滑水 | 滑水 | huáshuǐ | - water skiing - to water-ski |
| 渗水 | 滲水 | shènshuǐ | - water seepage |
| 滴水 | 滴水 | dīshuǐ | - water drop - dripping water |
| 滚水 | 滾水 | gǔnshuǐ | - boiling water |
| 漏水 | 漏水 | lòushuǐ | - to leak (of water) |
| 汉水 | 漢水 | Hànshuǐ | - Han River (Hanshui) |
| 涟水 | 漣水 | Liánshuǐ | - Lianshui county in Huai'an 淮安[Huai2 an1], Jiangsu |
| 涨水 | 漲水 | zhǎngshuǐ | - rise of water level |
| 泼水 | 潑水 | pōshuǐ | - to sprinkle - to spill water |
| 潜水 | 潛水 | qiánshuǐ | - to dive - to go under water - lurker (Internet slang for sb who reads forum posts but never replies) |
| 潭水 | 潭水 | tánshuǐ | - deep water |
| 潮水 | 潮水 | cháoshuǐ | - tide |
| 浇水 | 澆水 | jiāoshuǐ | - to water (plants etc) |
| 涧水 | 澗水 | jiànshuǐ | - mountain stream |
| 澧水 | 澧水 | Lǐshuǐ | - Lishui river in north Hunan, flowing into Lake Dongting 洞庭湖 |
| 瀍水 | 瀍水 | Chánshuǐ | - the Chanshui river in Henan |
| 泸水 | 瀘水 | Lúshuǐ | - Lushui county in Nujiang Lisu autonomous prefecture 怒江傈僳族自治州[Nu4 jiang1 Li4 su4 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1] in northwest Yunnan |
| 泷水 | 瀧水 | Shuāngshuǐ | - Shuang river in Hunan and Guangdong (modern Wu river 武水) |
| 沣水 | 灃水 | Fēngshuǐ | - Feng River in Shaanxi 陝西|陕西, tributary of Wei River 渭水 |
| 灌水 | 灌水 | guànshuǐ | - lit. to irrigate - to artificially increase weight - to cook the books - to leave a tasteless message |
| 洒水 | 灑水 | sǎshuǐ | - to sprinkle |
| 无水 | 無水 | wúshuǐ | - anhydrous (chemistry) - waterless - dehydrated |
| 热水 | 熱水 | rèshuǐ | - hot water |
| 烧水 | 燒水 | shāoshuǐ | - to heat water - to boil water |
| 王水 | 王水 | wángshuǐ | - Aqua regia |
| 生水 | 生水 | shēngshuǐ | - unboiled water |
| 癸水 | 癸水 | guǐshuǐ | - menstruation - woman's period |
| 白水 | 白水 | Báishuǐ | - Baishui county in Weinan 渭南[Wei4 nan2], Shaanxi |
| 白水 | 白水 | báishuǐ | - plain water |
| 硬水 | 硬水 | yìngshuǐ | - hard water |
| 矿水 | 礦水 | kuàngshuǐ | - mineral water |
| 祸水 | 禍水 | huòshuǐ | - source of calamity (esp. of women) |
| 秀水 | 秀水 | Xiùshuǐ | - Hsiushui township in Changhua county 彰化縣|彰化县[Zhang1 hua4 xian4], Taiwan |
| 秋水 | 秋水 | qiūshuǐ | - limpid autumn waters (trad. description of girl's beautiful eyes) |
| 积水 | 積水 | jīshuǐ | - to collect water - to be covered with water - to pond - accumulated water - ponding |
| 节水 | 節水 | jiéshuǐ | - to save water |
| 糖水 | 糖水 | tángshuǐ | - syrup - sweetened water - tong sui (sweet soup) |
| 绿水 | 綠水 | lǜshuǐ | - green water - crystal-clear water |
| 缩水 | 縮水 | suōshuǐ | - to shrink (in the wash) - fig. to shrink (of profits etc) |
| 缺水 | 缺水 | quēshuǐ | - water shortage - dehydration |
| 罗水 | 羅水 | Luóshuǐ | - name of a river, the northern tributary of Miluo river 汨羅江|汨罗江[Mi4 luo2 jiang1] |
| 羊水 | 羊水 | yángshuǐ | - amniotic fluid |
| 羼水 | 羼水 | chànshuǐ | - to mix with water (wine) - to adulterate |
| 习水 | 習水 | Xíshuǐ | - Xishui county in Zun'yi 遵義|遵义[Zun1 yi4], Guizhou |
| 耐水 | 耐水 | nàishuǐ | - waterproof |
| 圣水 | 聖水 | shèngshuǐ | - holy water |
| 育水 | 育水 | Yùshuǐ | - name of river - old name of Baihe 白河 in Henan |
| 脱水 | 脫水 | tuōshuǐ | - to dry out - to extract water - dehydration - dehydrated - desiccation |
| 腹水 | 腹水 | fùshuǐ | - ascites - ascitic fluid - hydroperitoneum (medicine) |
| 胶水 | 膠水 | jiāoshuǐ | - glue |
| 临水 | 臨水 | línshuǐ | - facing the water (favored location) |
| 舀水 | 舀水 | yǎoshuǐ | - to bail (i.e. scoop water) |
| 苦水 | 苦水 | kǔshuǐ | - bitter water (e.g. mineral water containing sulfates) - suffering - digestive fluids rising from stomach to the mouth - fig. bitter complaint |
| 落水 | 落水 | luòshuǐ | - to fall into water - to sink - overboard - fig. to degenerate - to sink (into depravity) - to go to the dogs |
| 蓄水 | 蓄水 | xùshuǐ | - water storage |
| 薪水 | 薪水 | xīnshuǐ | - salary - wage |
| 药水 | 藥水 | Yàoshuǐ | - Yaksu in North Korea, near the border with Liaoning and Jiling province |
| 药水 | 藥水 | yàoshuǐ | - medicine in liquid form - bottled medicine - lotion |
| 血水 | 血水 | xuèshuǐ | - thin blood - watery blood |
| 衡水 | 衡水 | Héngshuǐ | - Hengshui prefecture level city in Hebei |
| 丰水 | 豐水 | fēngshuǐ | - abundant water - high water level |
| 贴水 | 貼水 | tiēshuǐ | - agio (charge for changing currency) - premium |
| 赤水 | 赤水 | Chìshuǐ | - Chishui county level city in Zun'yi 遵義|遵义[Zun1 yi4], Guizhou |
| 走水 | 走水 | zǒushuǐ | - to leak - to flow - to catch on fire |
| 跌水 | 跌水 | diēshuǐ | - drop of height in waterway - staircase of waterfalls |
| 跳水 | 跳水 | tiàoshuǐ | - to dive - diving (sport, a Chinese specialty) |
| 踩水 | 踩水 | cǎishuǐ | - to tread water - to paddle or tramp in shallow water |
| 轻水 | 輕水 | qīngshuǐ | - light water (as opposed to heavy water) - see light water reactor 輕水反應堆|轻水反应堆 |
| 退水 | 退水 | tuìshuǐ | - to divert water - to drain |
| 逆水 | 逆水 | nìshuǐ | - against the current - upstream |
| 透水 | 透水 | tòushuǐ | - permeable - percolation - water leak |
| 逐水 | 逐水 | zhúshuǐ | - to relieve oedema through purging or diuresis (Chinese medicine) |
| 通水 | 通水 | tōngshuǐ | - to have running water (in a house etc) |
| 进水 | 進水 | jìnshuǐ | - inflow of water |
| 邻水 | 鄰水 | Línshuǐ | - Linshui county in Guang'an 廣安|广安[Guang3 an1], Sichuan |
| 酒水 | 酒水 | jiǔshuǐ | - beverage - a drink |
| 重水 | 重水 | zhòngshuǐ | - heavy water (chemistry) |
| 金水 | 金水 | Jīnshuǐ | - Jinshui District of Zhengzhou City 鄭州市|郑州市[Zheng4 zhou1 Shi4], Henan |
| 镪水 | 鏹水 | qiāngshuǐ | - (coll.) strong acid |
| 铁水 | 鐵水 | tiěshuǐ | - molten iron |
| 开水 | 開水 | kāishuǐ | - boiled water - boiling water |
| 防水 | 防水 | fángshuǐ | - waterproof |
| 降水 | 降水 | jiàngshuǐ | - rain and snow - precipitation (meteorology) |
| 陵水 | 陵水 | Língshuǐ | - Lingshui Lizu Autonomous County, Hainan - abbr. for 陵水黎族自治縣|陵水黎族自治县[Ling2 shui3 Li2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4] |
| 雨水 | 雨水 | Yǔshuǐ | - Yushui or Rain Water, 2nd of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 19th February-5th March |
| 露水 | 露水 | lùshuǐ | - dew - fig. short-lasting - ephemeral |
| 响水 | 響水 | Xiǎngshuǐ | - Xiangshui county in Yancheng 鹽城|盐城[Yan2 cheng2], Jiangsu |
| 顺水 | 順水 | shùnshuǐ | - with the current |
| 风水 | 風水 | fēngshuǐ | - feng shui - geomancy |
| 饮水 | 飲水 | yǐnshuǐ | - drinking water |
| 香水 | 香水 | xiāngshuǐ | - perfume - cologne |
| 脏水 | 髒水 | zāngshuǐ | - dirty water - sewage |
| 鱼水 | 魚水 | yúshuǐ | - fish and water (metaphor for an intimate relationship or inseparability) |
| 卤水 | 鹵水 | lǔshuǐ | - brine - bittern - marinade |
| 咸水 | 鹹水 | xiánshuǐ | - salt water - brine |
| 盐水 | 鹽水 | Yánshuǐ | - Yanshui town in Tainan county 台南縣|台南县[Tai2 nan2 xian4], Taiwan |
| 丽水 | 麗水 | Líshuǐ | - Lishui prefecture level city in Zhejiang - Yeosu city in South Jeolla province, Korea, the site of World Expo 2012 |
| 黄水 | 黃水 | huángshuǐ | - citrine (orange or yellow quartz SiO2) - yellow water - name of river in Henan |
| 黑水 | 黑水 | Hēishuǐ | - Heishui county (Tibetan: khro chu rdzong) in Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang autonomous prefecture 阿壩藏族羌族自治州|阿坝藏族羌族自治州[A1 ba4 Zang4 zu2 Qiang1 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], northwest Sichuan |
| 点水 | 點水 | diǎnshuǐ | - to skim - lightly touching the water (as the dragonfly in the idiom 蜻蜓點水|蜻蜓点水) - skin deep |
| 鼻水 | 鼻水 | bíshuǐ | - nasal mucus - snivel |
| 一水儿 | 一水兒 | yīshuǐr | - (coll.) of the same type - identical |
| 三水区 | 三水區 | Sānshuǐqū | - Sanshui district of Foshan city 佛山市[Fo2 shan1 shi4], Guangdong |
| 三水县 | 三水縣 | Sānshuǐxiàn | - Sanshui county in Guangdong |
| 三点水 | 三點水 | sāndiǎnshuǐ | - name of "water" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 85) - see also 氵[shui3] |
| 下水礼 | 下水禮 | xiàshuǐlǐ | - launching ceremony |
| 下水管 | 下水管 | xiàshuǐguǎn | - drainpipe |
| 下水道 | 下水道 | xiàshuǐdào | - sewer |
| 不透水 | 不透水 | bùtòushuǐ | - waterproof - watertight - impermeable |
| 二水货 | 二水貨 | èrshuǐhuò | - used goods - second hand goods |
| 二水乡 | 二水鄉 | Èrshuǐxiāng | - Erhshui township in Changhua county 彰化縣|彰化县[Zhang1 hua4 xian4], Taiwan |
| 修水利 | 修水利 | xiūshuǐlì | - water conservancy - irrigation works |
| 修水县 | 修水縣 | Xiūshuǐxiàn | - Xiushui county in Jiujiang 九江, Jiangxi |
| 倒苦水 | 倒苦水 | dàokǔshuǐ | - to pour out one's grievances |
| 储水管 | 儲水管 | chǔshuǐguǎn | - standpipe (firefighting water storage system for a building) |
| 储水箱 | 儲水箱 | chǔshuǐxiāng | - water-storage tank |
| 两点水 | 兩點水 | liǎngdiǎnshuǐ | - name of "ice" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 15) - see also 冫[bing1] |
| 六盘水 | 六盤水 | Liùpánshuǐ | - Liupanshui prefecture level city in west Guizhou 貴州|贵州[Gui4 zhou1] |
| 冷却水 | 冷卻水 | lěngquèshuǐ | - cooling water (in a reactor) |
| 冷水江 | 冷水江 | Lěngshuǐjiāng | - Lengshuijiang county level city in Loudi 婁底|娄底[Lou2 di3], Hunan |
| 冷水滩 | 冷水灘 | Lěngshuǐtān | - Lengshuitan district of Yongzhou city 永州市[Yong3 zhou1 shi4], Hunan |
| 出水口 | 出水口 | chūshuǐkǒu | - water outlet - drainage outlet |
| 分水岭 | 分水嶺 | fēnshuǐlǐng | - water divide - watershed |
| 分水线 | 分水線 | fēnshuǐxiàn | - watershed |
| 半桶水 | 半桶水 | bàntǒngshuǐ | - (coll.) (of one's skills, knowledge etc) limited - superficial - half-baked - sb with a smattering of knowledge (of sth) - dabbler |
| 去光水 | 去光水 | qùguāngshuǐ | - nail polish remover |
| 口水仗 | 口水仗 | kǒushuǐzhàng | - dispute - spat - shouting match |
| 口水歌 | 口水歌 | kǒushuǐgē | - bubblegum pop song - cover song |
| 合水县 | 合水縣 | Héshuǐxiàn | - Heshui county in Qingyang 慶陽|庆阳[Qing4 yang2], Gansu |
| 吉水县 | 吉水縣 | Jíshuǐxiàn | - Jishui county in Ji'an 吉安, Jiangxi |
| 吐苦水 | 吐苦水 | tǔkǔshuǐ | - to have bitter digestive fluids rising to the mouth - fig. to complain bitterly - to pour out one's sufferings |
| 商水县 | 商水縣 | Shāngshuǐxiàn | - Shangshui county in Zhoukou 周口[Zhou1 kou3], Henan |
| 喷水壶 | 噴水壺 | pēnshuǐhú | - watering can - sprinkling can |
| 喷水池 | 噴水池 | pēnshuǐchí | - a fountain |
| 地下水 | 地下水 | dìxiàshuǐ | - groundwater |
| 地表水 | 地表水 | dìbiǎoshuǐ | - surface water |
| 地面水 | 地面水 | dìmiànshuǐ | - surface water |
| 墨水儿 | 墨水兒 | mòshuǐr | - erhua variant of 墨水[mo4 shui3] |
| 多水分 | 多水分 | duōshuǐfèn | - juicy |
| 天水市 | 天水市 | Tiānshuǐshì | - Tianshui prefecture level city in Gansu |
| 天那水 | 天那水 | tiānnàshuǐ | - paint thinner |
| 奎宁水 | 奎寧水 | kuíníngshuǐ | - tonic water - quinine water |
| 定型水 | 定型水 | dìngxíngshuǐ | - hairspray |
| 寻水术 | 尋水術 | xúnshuǐshù | - dowsing |
| 山水画 | 山水畫 | shānshuǐhuà | - landscape painting |
| 山水诗 | 山水詩 | shānshuǐshī | - landscape poetry |
| 广水市 | 廣水市 | Guǎngshuǐshì | - Guangshui county level city in Suizhou 隨州|随州[Sui2 zhou1], Hubei |
| 建水县 | 建水縣 | Jiànshuǐxiàn | - Jianshui county in Honghe Hani and Yi autonomous prefecture, Yunnan |
| 彭水县 | 彭水縣 | Péngshuǐxiàn | - Pengshui Miao and Tujia autonomous county in Qianjiang suburbs of Chongqing municipality |
| 徐水县 | 徐水縣 | Xúshuǐxiàn | - Xushui county in Baoding 保定[Bao3 ding4], Hebei |
| 恐水病 | 恐水病 | kǒngshuǐbìng | - rabies |
| 恐水症 | 恐水症 | kǒngshuǐzhèng | - rabies - hydrophobia |
| 惠水县 | 惠水縣 | Huìshuǐxiàn | - Huishui county in Qiannan Buyei and Miao autonomous prefecture 黔南州[Qian2 nan2 zhou1], Guizhou |
| 打水漂 | 打水漂 | dǎshuǐpiāo | - to skim stones - to squander - to spend but get nothing in return |
| 抽水机 | 抽水機 | chōushuǐjī | - water pump |
| 抽水泵 | 抽水泵 | chōushuǐbèng | - water pump |
| 抽水站 | 抽水站 | chōushuǐzhàn | - water pumping station |
| 拖下水 | 拖下水 | tuōxiàshuǐ | - lit. to pull sb into the water - to involve sb in a messy business - to get sb into trouble |
| 排水口 | 排水口 | páishuǐkǒu | - plughole - drainage hole |
| 排水孔 | 排水孔 | páishuǐkǒng | - plughole - drainage hole |
| 排水渠 | 排水渠 | páishuǐqú | - drainage |
| 排水沟 | 排水溝 | páishuǐgōu | - gutter |
| 排水管 | 排水管 | páishuǐguǎn | - drainpipe - waste pipe |
| 排水量 | 排水量 | páishuǐliàng | - displacement |
| 捞油水 | 撈油水 | lāoyóushuǐ | - (coll.) to gain profit (usu. by underhand means) |
| 文水县 | 文水縣 | Wénshuǐxiàn | - Wenshui county in Lüliang 呂梁|吕梁[Lu:3 liang2], Shanxi 山西 |
| 明水县 | 明水縣 | Míngshuǐxiàn | - Mingshui county in Suihua 綏化|绥化, Heilongjiang |
| 暖水瓶 | 暖水瓶 | nuǎnshuǐpíng | - thermos flask or bottle |
| 曲水县 | 曲水縣 | Qǔshuǐxiàn | - Qüxü county, Tibetan: Chu shur rdzong in Lhasa 拉薩|拉萨[La1 sa4], Tibet |
| 枯水期 | 枯水期 | kūshuǐqī | - period of low water level (winter in north China) |
| 柔肤水 | 柔膚水 | róufūshuǐ | - balancing lotion |
| 柞水县 | 柞水縣 | ZhàshuǐXiàn | - Zhashui County in Shangluo 商洛[Shang1 luo4], Shaanxi |
| 查水表 | 查水表 | cháshuǐbiǎo | - (Internet slang) (of the police) to ask to be let in on the pretext of checking the water meter - to barge into people's home on false pretences |
| 橘子水 | 橘子水 | júzishuǐ | - orangeade - orange squash - CL:瓶[ping2],杯[bei1],罐[guan4],盒[he2] |
| 柠檬水 | 檸檬水 | níngméngshuǐ | - lemonade |
| 栉水母 | 櫛水母 | jiéshuǐmǔ | - comb jellies (Ctenophora) |
| 水上乡 | 水上鄉 | Shuǐshàngxiāng | - Shuishang township in Chiayi county 嘉義縣|嘉义县[Jia1 yi4 xian4], west Taiwan |
| 水仙花 | 水仙花 | shuǐxiānhuā | - daffodil - narcissus - CL:棵[ke1] |
| 水俣市 | 水俁市 | Shuǐyǔshì | - Mizumata City in Kumamoto prefecture, Kyūshū, Japan |
| 水俣病 | 水俁病 | shuǐyǔbìng | - Minamata disease (mercury poisoning found in Southern Japan in 1956) |
| 水利家 | 水利家 | shuǐlìjiā | - water manager - hydraulic engineer |
| 水力学 | 水力學 | shuǐlìxué | - hydraulics |
| 水原市 | 水原市 | Shuǐyuánshì | - Suweon City, capital of Gyeonggi province 京畿道[Jing1 ji1 dao4], South Korea |
| 水合物 | 水合物 | shuǐhéwù | - hydrate - hydrated compound |
| 水城县 | 水城縣 | Shuǐchéngxiàn | - Shuicheng county in Liupanshui 六盤水|六盘水[Liu4 pan2 shui3], Guizhou |
| 水墨画 | 水墨畫 | shuǐmòhuà | - ink and wash painting |
| 水富县 | 水富縣 | shuǐFùxiàn | - Shuifu county in Zhaotong 昭通[Zhao1 tong1], Yunnan |
| 水平仪 | 水平儀 | shuǐpíngyí | - level (device to determine horizontal) - spirit level - surveyor's level |
| 水平尺 | 水平尺 | shuǐpíngchǐ | - spirit level |
| 水平轴 | 水平軸 | shuǐpíngzhóu | - horizontal shaft - horizontal axis (math.) |
| 水平面 | 水平面 | shuǐpíngmiàn | - horizontal plane - level surface - water level |
| 水彩画 | 水彩畫 | shuǐcǎihuà | - watercolor - aquarelle |
| 水户市 | 水戶市 | ShuǐhùShì | - Mito City, capital of Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan |
| 水族箱 | 水族箱 | shuǐzúxiāng | - aquarium - fish tank |
| 水族馆 | 水族館 | shuǐzúguǎn | - aquarium (building or park) |
| 水晶宫 | 水晶宮 | Shuǐjīnggōng | - The Crystal Palace |
| 水晶球 | 水晶球 | shuǐjīngqiú | - crystal ball (in Western magic) |
| 水暖工 | 水暖工 | shuǐnuǎngōng | - plumber - heating engineer |
| 水曜日 | 水曜日 | Shuǐyàorì | - Wednesday (used in ancient Chinese astronomy) |
| 水林乡 | 水林鄉 | Shuǐlínxiāng | - Shuilin township in Yunlin county 雲林縣|云林县[Yun2 lin2 xian4], Taiwan |
| 水果刀 | 水果刀 | shuǐguǒdāo | - paring knife - fruit knife - CL:把[ba3] |
| 水果酒 | 水果酒 | shuǐguǒjiǔ | - wine |
| 水杨酸 | 水楊酸 | shuǐyángsuān | - salicylic acid |
| 水横枝 | 水橫枝 | shuǐhéngzhī | - cape jasmine (Gardenia jasminoides), esp. grown as bonsai |
| 水母体 | 水母體 | shuǐmǔtǐ | - jellyfish - medusa |
| 水污染 | 水污染 | shuǐwūrǎn | - water pollution |
| 水汪汪 | 水汪汪 | shuǐwāngwāng | - watery - waterlogged (soil) - limpid - bright and intelligent (eyes) |
| 水淋淋 | 水淋淋 | shuǐlínlín | - dripping wet |
| 水准仪 | 水準儀 | shuǐzhǔnyí | - level (device to determine horizontal) - spirit level - surveyor's level |
| 水温表 | 水溫表 | shuǐwēnbiǎo | - engine temperature gauge - coolant temperature gauge |
| 水溶性 | 水溶性 | shuǐróngxìng | - soluble (in water) - solubility |
| 水浒传 | 水滸傳 | ShuǐhǔZhuàn | - Water Margin or Outlaws of the Marsh by Shi Nai'an 施耐庵[Shi1 Nai4 an1], one of the Four Classic Novels of Chinese literature |
| 水漉漉 | 水漉漉 | shuǐlùlù | - dripping wet |
| 水烟袋 | 水煙袋 | shuǐyāndài | - water bong - water pipe - hookah |
| 水煮蛋 | 水煮蛋 | shuǐzhǔdàn | - boiled egg - soft-boiled egg |
| 水煮鱼 | 水煮魚 | shuǐzhǔyú | - Sichuan poached sliced fish in hot chili oil |
| 水牛儿 | 水牛兒 | shuǐniúr | - (dialect) snail |
| 水球场 | 水球場 | shuǐqiúchǎng | - water polo pool |
| 水瓶座 | 水瓶座 | Shuǐpíngzuò | - Aquarius (constellation and sign of the zodiac) |
| 水产展 | 水產展 | shuǐchǎnzhǎn | - seafood show (trade fair) |
| 水产业 | 水產業 | shuǐchǎnyè | - aquaculture |
| 水田芥 | 水田芥 | shuǐtiánjiè | - watercress |
| 水磨沟 | 水磨溝 | Shuǐmògōu | - Shuimogou district (Uighur: Shuymogu Rayoni) of Urumqi city 烏魯木齊市|乌鲁木齐市[Wu1 lu3 mu4 qi2 Shi4], Xinjiang |
| 水磨石 | 水磨石 | shuǐmóshí | - terrazzo |
| 水立方 | 水立方 | shuǐlìfāng | - Water Cube, nickname of Beijing national aquatics center 北京國家游泳中心|北京国家游泳中心, swimming venue of Beijing 2008 Olympic games |
| 水管工 | 水管工 | shuǐguǎngōng | - plumber |
| 水管面 | 水管麵 | shuǐguǎnmiàn | - tube pasta (e.g. penne, rigatoni, ziti) - macaroni |
| 水帘洞 | 水簾洞 | ShuǐliánDòng | - Shuilian Cave - Water Curtain Cave |
| 水翼船 | 水翼船 | shuǐyìchuán | - hydrofoil |
| 水老鸦 | 水老鴉 | shuǐlǎoyā | - common name for cormorant |
| 水耕法 | 水耕法 | shuǐgēngfǎ | - hydroponics |
| 水能源 | 水能源 | shuǐnéngyuán | - hydroelectric power |
| 水菖蒲 | 水菖蒲 | shuǐchāngpú | - Acorus calamus - sweet sedge or sweet flag |
| 水蒸气 | 水蒸氣 | shuǐzhēngqì | - vapor |
| 水蕹菜 | 水蕹菜 | shuǐwèngcài | - water spinach or ong choy (Ipomoea aquatica), used as a vegetable in south China and southeast Asia |
| 水萝卜 | 水蘿蔔 | shuǐluóbo | - summer radish (the small red kind) |
| 水虎鱼 | 水虎魚 | shuǐhǔyú | - piranha (fish) |
| 水处理 | 水處理 | shuǐchǔlǐ | - water treatment |
| 水蛇座 | 水蛇座 | Shuǐshézuò | - Hydrus (constellation) |
| 水蛇腰 | 水蛇腰 | shuǐshéyāo | - slender and supple waist - lithe body - feminine pose |
| 水蛭素 | 水蛭素 | shuǐzhìsù | - hirudin |
| 水蜜桃 | 水蜜桃 | shuǐmìtáo | - honey peach - juicy peach |
| 水螅体 | 水螅體 | shuǐxītǐ | - sessile polyp - sea anemone |
| 水道口 | 水道口 | shuǐdàokǒu | - mouth of sewer |
| 水里乡 | 水里鄉 | Shuǐlǐxiāng | - Shuili township in Nantou county 南投縣|南投县[Nan2 tou2 xian4], central Taiwan |
| 水银灯 | 水銀燈 | shuǐyíndēng | - mercury-vapor lamp |
| 水门汀 | 水門汀 | shuǐméntīng | - cement (Shanghainese) (loanword) |
| 水陆师 | 水陸師 | shuǐlùshī | - army and navy (in Qing times) |
| 水障碍 | 水障礙 | shuǐzhàngài | - water hazard (golf) |
| 水电工 | 水電工 | shuǐdiàngōng | - tradesman who does both plumbing and electrical work |
| 水电站 | 水電站 | shuǐdiànzhàn | - hydroelectric power plant |
| 水灵灵 | 水靈靈 | shuǐlínglíng | - vivid - full of life - fresh |
| 水饺儿 | 水餃兒 | shuǐjiǎor | - erhua variant of 水餃|水饺[shui3 jiao3] |
| 水龙卷 | 水龍卷 | shuǐlóngjuǎn | - waterspout (meteorology) |
| 水龙带 | 水龍帶 | shuǐlóngdài | - layflat industrial hose - fire hose |
| 水龙头 | 水龍頭 | shuǐlóngtóu | - faucet - tap |
| 污水坑 | 污水坑 | wūshuǐkēng | - cesspit |
| 沁水县 | 沁水縣 | Qìnshuǐxiàn | - Qinshui county in Jincheng 晉城|晋城[Jin4 cheng2], Shanxi |
| 沂水县 | 沂水縣 | Yíshuǐxiàn | - Yishui county in Linyi 臨沂|临沂[Lin2 yi2], Shandong |
| 没水平 | 沒水平 | méishuǐpíng | - disgraceful - poor quality - sub-standard |
| 没水准 | 沒水準 | méishuǐzhǔn | - lacking class - boorish - poor quality - sub-standard |
| 泗水县 | 泗水縣 | SìshuǐXiàn | - Sishui County in Jining 濟寧|济宁[Ji3 ning2], Shandong |
| 泥水匠 | 泥水匠 | níshuǐjiàng | - mason |
| 洗发水 | 洗髮水 | xǐfàshuǐ | - shampoo (liquid) |
| 洪水期 | 洪水期 | hóngshuǐqī | - flood season |
| 流水席 | 流水席 | liúshuǐxí | - banquet where guests arrive at various times and are served with food as they arrive |
| 流水帐 | 流水帳 | liúshuǐzhàng | - variant of 流水賬|流水账[liu2 shui3 zhang4] |
| 流水账 | 流水賬 | liúshuǐzhàng | - day-to-day account - current account |
| 浠水县 | 浠水縣 | Xīshuǐxiàn | - Xishui county in Huanggang 黃岡|黄冈[Huang2 gang1], Hubei |
| 涉水靴 | 涉水靴 | shèshuǐxuē | - wading boots - high-topped waterproof boots |
| 涉水鸟 | 涉水鳥 | shèshuǐniǎo | - a wading bird |
| 液态水 | 液態水 | yètàishuǐ | - liquid water (as opposed to steam or ice, e.g.) |
| 淌口水 | 淌口水 | tǎngkǒushuǐ | - to let saliva dribble from the mouth - to slobber |
| 淡水湖 | 淡水湖 | dànshuǐhú | - fresh water lake |
| 淡水镇 | 淡水鎮 | Dànshuǐzhèn | - Danshui or Tanshui town in New Taipei City 新北市[Xin1 bei3 shi4], Taiwan |
| 淡水鱼 | 淡水魚 | dànshuǐyú | - fresh-water fish |
| 净水器 | 淨水器 | jìngshuǐqì | - water purifier |
| 深水埗 | 深水埗 | Shēnshuǐbù | - Sham Shui Po district of Kowloon, Hong Kong |
| 涞水县 | 淶水縣 | Láishuǐxiàn | - Laishui county in Baoding 保定[Bao3 ding4], Hebei |
| 混水墙 | 混水牆 | húnshuǐqiáng | - plastered masonry wall |
| 清水寺 | 清水寺 | Qīngshuǐsì | - Kiyomizu temple in east Kyōto 京都, Japan |
| 清水河 | 清水河 | Qīngshuǐhé | - Qingshuihe county in Hohhot 呼和浩特[Hu1 he2 hao4 te4], Inner Mongolia |
| 清水墙 | 清水牆 | qīngshuǐqiáng | - unplastered masonry wall |
| 清水县 | 清水縣 | Qīngshuǐxiàn | - Qingshui county in Tianshui 天水[Tian1 shui3], Gansu |
| 清水镇 | 清水鎮 | Qīngshuǐzhèn | - Chingshui town in Taichung county 臺中縣|台中县[Tai2 zhong1 xian4], Taiwan |
| 渝水区 | 渝水區 | Yúshuǐqū | - Yushui district of Xinyu city 新餘市 新余市, Jiangxi |
| 汤力水 | 湯力水 | tānglìshuǐ | - tonic water |
| 溧水县 | 溧水縣 | Lìshuǐxiàn | - Lishui county in Nanjing 南京, Jiangsu |
| 漂白水 | 漂白水 | piǎobáishuǐ | - bleach |
| 涟水县 | 漣水縣 | Liánshuǐxiàn | - Lianshui county in Huai'an 淮安[Huai2 an1], Jiangsu |
| 泼冷水 | 潑冷水 | pōlěngshuǐ | - lit. to pour cold water on - fig. to dampen one's enthusiasm |
| 泼水节 | 潑水節 | Pōshuǐjié | - Songkran (Thai New Year) |
| 潜水刀 | 潛水刀 | qiánshuǐdāo | - dive knife |
| 潜水员 | 潛水員 | qiánshuǐyuán | - diver - frogman |
| 潜水服 | 潛水服 | qiánshuǐfú | - diving suit - wetsuit |
| 潜水者 | 潛水者 | qiánshuǐzhě | - a diver |
| 潜水艇 | 潛水艇 | qiánshuǐtǐng | - submarine |
| 潜水衣 | 潛水衣 | qiánshuǐyī | - diving suit |
| 浇冷水 | 澆冷水 | jiāolěngshuǐ | - to pour cold water - fig. to discourage |
| 泸水县 | 瀘水縣 | Lúshuǐxiàn | - Lushui county in Nujiang Lisu autonomous prefecture 怒江傈僳族自治州[Nu4 jiang1 Li4 su4 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1] in northwest Yunnan |
| 洒水机 | 灑水機 | sǎshuǐjī | - sprinkler |
| 洒水车 | 灑水車 | sǎshuǐchē | - sprinkler truck |
| 热水器 | 熱水器 | rèshuǐqì | - water heater |
| 热水澡 | 熱水澡 | rèshuǐzǎo | - hot bath or shower |
| 热水瓶 | 熱水瓶 | rèshuǐpíng | - thermos bottle - vacuum bottle - hot water dispenser (appliance) - CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 热水袋 | 熱水袋 | rèshuǐdài | - hot water bottle - hot-water bag |
| 爽肤水 | 爽膚水 | shuǎngfūshuǐ | - toner (cosmetics) |
| 生粉水 | 生粉水 | shēngfěnshuǐ | - starch solution (cooking) |
| 白水晶 | 白水晶 | báishuǐjīng | - rock crystal (mineral) |
| 白水泥 | 白水泥 | báishuǐní | - white cement |
| 白水县 | 白水縣 | BáishuǐXiàn | - Baishui County in Weinan 渭南[Wei4 nan2], Shaanxi |
| 白开水 | 白開水 | báikāishuǐ | - plain boiled water |
| 眼房水 | 眼房水 | yǎnfángshuǐ | - aqueous humor |
| 眼药水 | 眼藥水 | yǎnyàoshuǐ | - eye drops - eye lotion |
| 矿泉水 | 礦泉水 | kuàngquánshuǐ | - mineral spring water - CL:瓶[ping2],杯[bei1] |
| 秀水乡 | 秀水鄉 | Xiùshuǐxiāng | - Hsiushui township in Changhua county 彰化縣|彰化县[Zhang1 hua4 xian4], Taiwan |
| 秋水仙 | 秋水仙 | qiūshuǐxiān | - autumn crocus (Colchicum autumnale) - meadow saffron |
| 红墨水 | 紅墨水 | hóngmòshuǐ | - red ink |
| 紫水晶 | 紫水晶 | zǐshuǐjīng | - amethyst |
| 紫水鸡 | 紫水雞 | zǐshuǐjī | - (Chinese bird species) purple swamphen (Porphyrio porphyrio) |
| 结晶水 | 結晶水 | jiéjīngshuǐ | - water of crystallization |
| 习水县 | 習水縣 | Xíshuǐxiàn | - Xishui county in Zun'yi 遵義|遵义[Zun1 yi4], Guizhou |
| 耐水性 | 耐水性 | nàishuǐxìng | - waterproof |
| 肺水肿 | 肺水腫 | fèishuǐzhǒng | - pulmonary edema |
| 脱水机 | 脫水機 | tuōshuǐjī | - a device for extracting water (such as a centrifuge) |
| 脑水肿 | 腦水腫 | nǎoshuǐzhǒng | - cerebral edema |
| 自来水 | 自來水 | zìláishuǐ | - running water - tap water |
| 花露水 | 花露水 | huālùshuǐ | - perfumed toilet water - eau de cologne - floral water - hydrosol |
| 落水管 | 落水管 | luòshuǐguǎn | - drainpipe - water spout |
| 蒸馏水 | 蒸餾水 | zhēngliúshuǐ | - distilled water |
| 蓄水池 | 蓄水池 | xùshuǐchí | - water reservoir |
| 药水儿 | 藥水兒 | yàoshuǐr | - erhua variant of 藥水|药水[yao4 shui3] |
| 苏打水 | 蘇打水 | sūdáshuǐ | - soda drink (loanword) |
| 蟹黄水 | 蟹黃水 | xièhuángshuǐ | - crab roe - crab spawn - (used for crab meat in general) |
| 衡水市 | 衡水市 | Héngshuǐshì | - Hengshui prefecture level city in Hebei |
| 亲水性 | 親水性 | qīnshuǐxìng | - hydrophilicity - hydrophilic |
| 猪下水 | 豬下水 | zhūxiàshuǐ | - pig offal |
| 贮水处 | 貯水處 | zhùshuǐchù | - reservoir |
| 赤水市 | 赤水市 | Chìshuǐshì | - Chishui county level city in Zun'yi 遵義|遵义[Zun1 yi4], Guizhou |
| 赤水河 | 赤水河 | ChìshuǐHé | - Chishui River, tributary of Wei in Shaanxi |
| 输水管 | 輸水管 | shūshuǐguǎn | - pipe - pipeline |
| 透水性 | 透水性 | tòushuǐxìng | - permeability |
| 进水口 | 進水口 | jìnshuǐkǒu | - water inlet |
| 进水闸 | 進水閘 | jìnshuǐzhá | - water intake - inlet sluice |
| 邻水县 | 鄰水縣 | Línshuǐxiàn | - Linshui county in Guang'an 廣安|广安[Guang3 an1], Sichuan |
| 金水区 | 金水區 | JīnshuǐQū | - Jinshui District of Zhengzhou City 鄭州市|郑州市[Zheng4 zhou1 Shi4], Henan |
| 降水量 | 降水量 | jiàngshuǐliàng | - precipitation (meteorology) - measured quantity of rain |
| 陈水扁 | 陳水扁 | ChénShuǐbiǎn | - Chen Shui-Bian (1950-), Taiwanese DPP 民進黨|民进党 politician, President of the Republic of China 2000-2008 |
| 陵水县 | 陵水縣 | Língshuǐxiàn | - Lingshui Lizu Autonomous County, Hainan - abbr. for 陵水黎族自治縣|陵水黎族自治县[Ling2 shui3 Li2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4] |
| 双氧水 | 雙氧水 | shuāngyǎngshuǐ | - hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) solution |
| 响水县 | 響水縣 | Xiǎngshuǐxiàn | - Xiangshui county in Yancheng 鹽城|盐城[Yan2 cheng2], Jiangsu |
| 须后水 | 須後水 | xūhòushuǐ | - aftershave |
| 飙口水 | 飆口水 | biāokǒushuǐ | - gossip - idle chat |
| 饮水器 | 飲水器 | yǐnshuǐqì | - water dispenser |
| 饮水机 | 飲水機 | yǐnshuǐjī | - water dispenser - water cooler - drinking fountain |
| 饮用水 | 飲用水 | yǐnyòngshuǐ | - drinking water - potable water |
| 马尾水 | 馬尾水 | Mǎwěishuǐ | - Mawei river through Fuzhou city |
| 鱼水情 | 魚水情 | yúshuǐqíng | - close relationship as between fish and water |
| 咸水妹 | 鹹水妹 | xiánshuǐmèi | - (dialect) prostitute from Guangdong (esp. one in Shanghai before the Revolution) (loanword from "handsome maid") |
| 咸水湖 | 鹹水湖 | xiánshuǐhú | - salt lake |
| 盐水镇 | 鹽水鎮 | Yánshuǐzhèn | - Yanshui town in Tainan county 台南縣|台南县[Tai2 nan2 xian4], Taiwan |
| 丽水市 | 麗水市 | Líshuǐshì | - Lishui prefecture level city in Zhejiang - Yeosu city in South Jeolla province, Korea, the site of World Expo 2012 |
| 黄水晶 | 黃水晶 | huángshuǐjīng | - citrine (orange or yellow quartz SiO2 as a semiprecious stone) |
| 黑水城 | 黑水城 | HēishuǐChéng | - ruins of Heishui Town of Xixia 西夏[Xi1 Xia4] people, in Ejin Banner 額濟納旗|额济纳旗[E2 ji4 na4 Qi2], Alxa League 阿拉善盟[A1 la1 shan4 Meng2], Inner Mongolia |
| 黑水县 | 黑水縣 | Hēishuǐxiàn | - Heishui county (Tibetan: khro chu rdzong) in Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang autonomous prefecture 阿壩藏族羌族自治州|阿坝藏族羌族自治州[A1 ba4 Zang4 zu2 Qiang1 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], northwest Sichuan |
| 黑水鸡 | 黑水雞 | hēishuǐjī | - (Chinese bird species) common moorhen (Gallinula chloropus) |
| 一夜露水 | 一夜露水 | yīyèlùshui | - one-night stand - ephemeral |
| 一清如水 | 一清如水 | yīqīngrúshuǐ | - lit. as clear as water (idiom) - fig. (of officials etc) honest and incorruptible |
| 一潭死水 | 一潭死水 | yītánsǐshuǐ | - a pool of stagnant water - stagnant or listless condition |
| 一衣带水 | 一衣帶水 | yīyīdàishuǐ | - (separated only by) a narrow strip of water |
| 一头雾水 | 一頭霧水 | yītóuwùshuǐ | - to be confused - to be baffled |
| 三峡水库 | 三峽水庫 | Sānxiáshuǐkù | - Three gorges reservoir on the Changjiang or Yangtze |
| 不服水土 | 不服水土 | bùfúshuǐtǔ | - (of a stranger) not accustomed to the climate of a new place - not acclimatized |
| 似水年华 | 似水年華 | sìshuǐniánhuá | - fleeting years (idiom) |
| 依山傍水 | 依山傍水 | yīshānbàngshuǐ | - mountains on one side and water on the other |
| 先进水平 | 先進水平 | xiānjìnshuǐpíng | - advanced level |
| 六盘水市 | 六盤水市 | Liùpánshuǐshì | - Liupanshui prefecture level city in Guizhou 貴州|贵州[Gui4 zhou1] |
| 冷水机组 | 冷水機組 | lěngshuǐjīzǔ | - chiller |
| 冷水江市 | 冷水江市 | Lěngshuǐjiāngshì | - Lengshuijiang county level city in Loudi 婁底|娄底[Lou2 di3], Hunan |
| 冷水滩区 | 冷水灘區 | Lěngshuǐtānqū | - Lengshuitan district of Yongzhou city 永州市[Yong3 zhou1 shi4], Hunan |
| 出水芙蓉 | 出水芙蓉 | chūshuǐfúróng | - as a lotus flower breaking the surface (idiom); surpassingly beautiful (of young lady's face or old gentleman's calligraphy) |
| 北洋水师 | 北洋水師 | Běiyángshuǐshī | - north China navy (esp. the ill-fated Chinese navy in the 1895 war with Japan) |
| 喇叭水仙 | 喇叭水仙 | lābāshuǐxiān | - daffodil |
| 墨水瓶架 | 墨水瓶架 | mòshuǐpíngjià | - inkstand |
| 大力水手 | 大力水手 | DàlìShuǐshǒu | - Popeye (the Sailor) |
| 天水地区 | 天水地區 | Tiānshuǐdìqū | - Tianshui prefecture in Gansu |
| 如鱼得水 | 如魚得水 | rúyúdéshuǐ | - like a fish back in water (idiom); glad to be back in one's proper surroundings |
| 学术水平 | 學術水平 | xuéshùshuǐpíng | - academic level |
| 官厅水库 | 官廳水庫 | Guāntīngshuǐkù | - Guanting or Kuan-ting reservoir in Hebei, one of the main water reservoirs serving Beijing |
| 尾水渠道 | 尾水渠道 | wěishuǐqúdào | - outflow channel |
| 山明水秀 | 山明水秀 | shānmíngshuǐxiù | - lit. verdant hills and limpid water (idiom) - fig. enchanting scenery |
| 山清水秀 | 山清水秀 | shānqīngshuǐxiù | - lit. verdant hills and limpid water (idiom) - fig. enchanting scenery |
| 山穷水尽 | 山窮水盡 | shānqióngshuǐjìn | - mountain and river exhausted (idiom); at the end of the line - nowhere to go |
| 山高水长 | 山高水長 | shāngāoshuǐcháng | - high as the mountain and long as the river (idiom); fig. noble and far-reaching |
| 山高水险 | 山高水險 | shāngāoshuǐxiǎn | - lit. the mountains are high and the torrents swift - to undertake an arduous task or journey (idiom) |
| 巴山蜀水 | 巴山蜀水 | BāshānShǔshuǐ | - mountains and rivers of Sichuan (idiom) |
| 座生水母 | 座生水母 | zuòshēngshuǐmǔ | - sessile medusa - sea anemone |
| 引水入墙 | 引水入牆 | yǐnshuǐrùqiáng | - lit. to lead the water through the wall - to ask for trouble (idiom) |
| 引水工程 | 引水工程 | yǐnshuǐgōngchéng | - water-induction engineering - irrigation engineering |
| 心如止水 | 心如止水 | xīnrúzhǐshuǐ | - to be at peace with oneself |
| 打落水狗 | 打落水狗 | dǎluòshuǐgǒu | - lit. to beat a drowning dog (idiom) - fig. to pulverize an (already defeated) enemy - to hit sb when he's down |
| 技术潜水 | 技術潛水 | jìshùqiánshuǐ | - technical diving |
| 抽水马桶 | 抽水馬桶 | chōushuǐmǎtǒng | - flush toilet |
| 拖人下水 | 拖人下水 | tuōrénxiàshuǐ | - lit. to pull sb into the water - fig. to involve sb in a messy business - to get sb into trouble |
| 拖泥带水 | 拖泥帶水 | tuōnídàishuǐ | - lit. wading in mud and water - a slovenly job - sloppy |
| 提水工程 | 提水工程 | tíshuǐgōngchéng | - project to raise low-lying water for irrigation purposes |
| 文化水平 | 文化水平 | wénhuàshuǐpíng | - educational level |
| 杯水车薪 | 杯水車薪 | bēishuǐchēxīn | - lit. a cup of water on a burning cart of firewood (idiom); fig. an utterly inadequate measure |
| 柔情似水 | 柔情似水 | róuqíngsìshuǐ | - tender and soft as water - deeply attached to sb |
| 根汁汽水 | 根汁汽水 | gēnzhīqìshuǐ | - root beer |
| 桃花水母 | 桃花水母 | táohuāshuǐmǔ | - freshwater jellyfish (Craspedacusta) |
| 水上摩托 | 水上摩托 | shuǐshàngmótuō | - jet-ski |
| 水上芭蕾 | 水上芭蕾 | shuǐshàngbālěi | - synchronized swimming |
| 水上运动 | 水上運動 | shuǐshàngyùndòng | - water sports - aquatic motion - movement over water |
| 水上飞机 | 水上飛機 | shuǐshàngfēijī | - seaplane |
| 水中捞月 | 水中撈月 | shuǐzhōnglāoyuè | - to fetch the moon out of the sea (idiom); a hopeless illusion |
| 水刑逼供 | 水刑逼供 | shuǐxíngbīgòng | - water-boarding, interrogation technique used by CIA |
| 水利工程 | 水利工程 | shuǐlìgōngchéng | - hydraulic engineering |
| 水到渠成 | 水到渠成 | shuǐdàoqúchéng | - lit. where water flows, a canal is formed (idiom) - fig. when conditions are right, success will follow naturally |
| 水力发电 | 水力發電 | shuǐlìfādiàn | - hydroelectricity |
| 水力鼓风 | 水力鼓風 | shuǐlìgǔfēng | - hydraulic bellows - water-driven ventilation (for metal smelting furnace) |
| 水土不服 | 水土不服 | shuǐtǔbùfú | - not acclimatized |
| 水土保持 | 水土保持 | shuǐtǔbǎochí | - soil conservation |
| 水天一色 | 水天一色 | shuǐtiānyīsè | - water and sky merge in one color (idiom) |
| 水底相机 | 水底相機 | shuǐdǐxiàngjī | - underwater camera |
| 水性杨花 | 水性楊花 | shuǐxìngyánghuā | - fickle (woman) |
| 水泄不通 | 水洩不通 | shuǐxièbùtōng | - lit. not one drop can trickle through (idiom); fig. impenetrable (crowd, traffic) |
| 水深火热 | 水深火熱 | shuǐshēnhuǒrè | - deep water and scorching fire - abyss of suffering (idiom) |
| 水清无鱼 | 水清無魚 | shuǐqīngwúyú | - clear water, so few fish (idiom); You cannot expect everyone to be squeaky clean. - Don't be too picky! |
| 水滴石穿 | 水滴石穿 | shuǐdīshíchuān | - dripping water penetrates the stone (idiom); constant perseverance yields success - You can achieve your aim if you try hard without giving up. - Persistent effort overcomes any difficulty. |
| 水浒全传 | 水滸全傳 | ShuǐhǔQuánzhuàn | - Water Margin or Outlaws of the Marsh by Shi Nai'an 施耐庵, one of the Four Classic Novels of Chinese literature - also written 水滸傳|水浒传 |
| 水浒后传 | 水滸後傳 | ShuǐhǔHòuzhuàn | - Water Margin Sequel, by Chen Chen 陳忱|陈忱[Chen2 Chen2] |
| 水涨船高 | 水漲船高 | shuǐzhǎngchuángāo | - the tide rises, the boat floats (idiom); fig. to change with the overall trend - to develop according to the situation |
| 水火不容 | 水火不容 | shuǐhuǒbùróng | - completely incompatible - lit. incompatible as fire and water |
| 水火无情 | 水火無情 | shuǐhuǒwúqíng | - Fire and water have no mercy (idiom). forces of nature beyond human control - implacable fate |
| 水产养殖 | 水產養殖 | shuǐchǎnyǎngzhí | - aquaculture |
| 水磨沟区 | 水磨溝區 | Shuǐmògōuqū | - Shuimogou district (Uighur: Shuymogu Rayoni) of Urumqi city 烏魯木齊市|乌鲁木齐市[Wu1 lu3 mu4 qi2 Shi4], Xinjiang |
| 水管工人 | 水管工人 | shuǐguǎngōngrén | - plumber |
| 水落归槽 | 水落歸槽 | shuǐluòguīcáo | - spilt water returns to the trough (idiom); fig. people remember where they belong |
| 水落石出 | 水落石出 | shuǐluòshíchū | - as the water recedes, the rocks appear (idiom) - the truth comes to light |
| 水蒲苇莺 | 水蒲葦鶯 | shuǐpúwěiyīng | - (Chinese bird species) sedge warbler (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus) |
| 水质污染 | 水質污染 | shuǐzhìwūrǎn | - water pollution |
| 水门事件 | 水門事件 | ShuǐménShìjiàn | - Watergate scandal |
| 水陆交通 | 水陸交通 | shuǐlùjiāotōng | - water and land transport |
| 水陆两用 | 水陸兩用 | shuǐlùliǎngyòng | - amphibious (vehicle) |
| 江南水乡 | 江南水鄉 | Jiāngnánshuǐxiāng | - patchwork of waterways, esp. in Jiangsu |
| 油光水滑 | 油光水滑 | yóuguāngshuǐhuá | - sleek - shiny and smooth |
| 洗发水儿 | 洗髮水兒 | xǐfàshuǐr | - shampoo |
| 洪水滔滔 | 洪水滔滔 | hóngshuǐtāotāo | - widespread flooding (idiom) |
| 洪水猛兽 | 洪水猛獸 | hóngshuǐměngshòu | - lit. severe floods and fierce beasts (idiom) - fig. great scourges - extremely dangerous or threatening things |
| 流水不腐 | 流水不腐 | liúshuǐbùfǔ | - flowing water does not rot |
| 浮出水面 | 浮出水面 | fúchūshuǐmiàn | - to float up (idiom); to become evident - to surface - to appear |
| 海水倒灌 | 海水倒灌 | hǎishuǐdàoguàn | - saltwater intrusion |
| 海水养殖 | 海水養殖 | hǎishuǐyǎngzhí | - aquaculture |
| 泪水涟涟 | 淚水漣漣 | lèishuǐliánlián | - in floods of tears (idiom) |
| 深水炸弹 | 深水炸彈 | shēnshuǐzhàdàn | - depth charge |
| 混水摸鱼 | 混水摸魚 | húnshuǐmōyú | - to fish in troubled water (idiom); to take advantage of a crisis for personal gain - also written 渾水摸魚|浑水摸鱼 |
| 清水河县 | 清水河縣 | Qīngshuǐhéxiàn | - Qingshuihe county in Hohhot 呼和浩特[Hu1 he2 hao4 te4], Inner Mongolia |
| 浑水摸鱼 | 渾水摸魚 | húnshuǐmōyú | - to fish in troubled water (idiom); to take advantage of a crisis for personal gain |
| 滴水不漏 | 滴水不漏 | dīshuǐbùlòu | - lit. not one drop of water can leak out - watertight - rigorous (argument) |
| 滴水不羼 | 滴水不羼 | dīshuǐbùchàn | - not diluted by one drop - hundred percent |
| 滴水石穿 | 滴水石穿 | dīshuǐshíchuān | - dripping water penetrates the stone (idiom); constant perseverance yields success - You can achieve your aim if you try hard without giving up. - Persistent effort overcomes any difficulty. |
| 滴水穿石 | 滴水穿石 | dīshuǐchuānshí | - dripping water penetrates the stone (idiom); constant perseverance yields success - You can achieve your aim if you try hard without giving up. - Persistent effort overcomes any difficulty. |
| 泼水难收 | 潑水難收 | pōshuǐnánshōu | - water once spilt cannot be retrieved (idiom); irreversible change |
| 潜水夫病 | 潛水夫病 | qiánshuǐfūbìng | - bends |
| 潜水夫症 | 潛水夫症 | qiánshuǐfūzhèng | - bends |
| 灯塔水母 | 燈塔水母 | dēngtǎshuǐmǔ | - immortal jellyfish - Turritopsis dohrnii |
| 爬山涉水 | 爬山涉水 | páshānshèshuǐ | - to climb mountains and wade rivers (idiom); fig. to make a long and difficult journey |
| 生活水平 | 生活水平 | shēnghuóshuǐpíng | - living standards |
| 生活污水 | 生活污水 | shēnghuówūshuǐ | - domestic sewage |
| 生理盐水 | 生理鹽水 | shēnglǐyánshuǐ | - saline (medicine) |
| 疏水箪瓢 | 疏水簞瓢 | shūshuǐdānpiáo | - little water and few utensils - to live a frugal life (idiom) |
| 盂方水方 | 盂方水方 | yúfāngshuǐfāng | - If the basin is square, the water in it will also be square. (idiom) |
| 砚水壶儿 | 硯水壺兒 | yànshuǐhúr | - water container for an ink slab |
| 秋水仙素 | 秋水仙素 | qiūshuǐxiānsù | - colchicine (pharmacy) |
| 穷山恶水 | 窮山惡水 | qióngshānèshuǐ | - barren hills and treacherous rapids (idiom); inhospitable natural environment |
| 竹篮打水 | 竹籃打水 | zhúlándǎshuǐ | - using a wicker basket to draw water (idiom); wasted effort |
| 红尾水鸲 | 紅尾水鴝 | hóngwěishuǐqú | - (Chinese bird species) plumbeous water redstart (Phoenicurus fuliginosus) |
| 红颜祸水 | 紅顏禍水 | hóngyánhuòshuǐ | - femme fatale |
| 细水长流 | 細水長流 | xìshuǐchángliú | - lit. thin streams flow forever - fig. economy will get you a long way - to work steadily at something little by little |
| 置信水平 | 置信水平 | zhìxìnshuǐpíng | - confidence level (math.) |
| 羊水穿刺 | 羊水穿刺 | yángshuǐchuāncì | - amniocentesis (used in Taiwan) |
| 背山临水 | 背山臨水 | bèishānlínshuǐ | - with back to the mountain and facing the water (favored location) |
| 背水一战 | 背水一戰 | bèishuǐyīzhàn | - lit. fight with one's back to the river (idiom); fig. to fight to win or die |
| 脑子进水 | 腦子進水 | nǎozijìnshuǐ | - to have lost one's mind - crazy - soft in the head |
| 自来水管 | 自來水管 | zìláishuǐguǎn | - water mains - service pipe - tap-water pipe |
| 舞水端里 | 舞水端里 | Wǔshuǐduānlǐ | - Musudan-ri, North Korean rocket launch site in North Hamgyeong Province 咸鏡北道|咸镜北道[Xian2 jing4 bei3 dao4] |
| 芙蓉出水 | 芙蓉出水 | fúróngchūshuǐ | - lit. lotus rises from the water (idiom); fig. to blossom (of poem or art) |
| 萍水相逢 | 萍水相逢 | píngshuǐxiāngféng | - strangers coming together by chance (idiom) |
| 万水千山 | 萬水千山 | wànshuǐqiānshān | - ten thousand crags and torrents (idiom); the trials and tribulations of a long journey - a long and difficult road |
| 落花流水 | 落花流水 | luòhuāliúshuǐ | - to be in a sorry state - to be utterly defeated |
| 蜻蜓点水 | 蜻蜓點水 | qīngtíngdiǎnshuǐ | - lit. the dragonfly touches the water lightly - superficial contact (idiom) |
| 血浓于水 | 血濃於水 | xuènóngyúshuǐ | - blood is thicker than water - fig. family ties are closer than social relations |
| 行云流水 | 行雲流水 | xíngyúnliúshuǐ | - lit. moving clouds and flowing water (idiom) - fig. very natural and flowing style of calligraphy, writing, etc - natural and unforced |
| 衡水地区 | 衡水地區 | Héngshuǐdìqū | - Hengshui county (old name) |
| 覆水难收 | 覆水難收 | fùshuǐnánshōu | - spilt water is difficult to retrieve (idiom) - it's no use crying over spilt milk - what's done is done and can't be reversed - the damage is done - once divorced, there's no reuniting |
| 亲水长廊 | 親水長廊 | qīnshuǐchángláng | - waterside promenade |
| 猪水泡病 | 豬水泡病 | zhūshuǐpàobìng | - swine vesicular disease (SVD) |
| 跋山涉水 | 跋山涉水 | báshānshèshuǐ | - to travel over land and water (idiom) |
| 车水马龙 | 車水馬龍 | chēshuǐmǎlóng | - endless stream of horse and carriages (idiom) - heavy traffic |
| 近水楼台 | 近水樓臺 | jìnshuǐlóutái | - lit. a pavilion near the water (idiom); fig. using one's proximity to the powerful to obtain favor |
| 逆水行舟 | 逆水行舟 | nìshuǐxíngzhōu | - lit. a boat going against the current (idiom); fig. you must work harder |
| 游山玩水 | 遊山玩水 | yóushānwánshuǐ | - to go on a scenic tour |
| 酒水饮料 | 酒水飲料 | jiǔshuǐyǐnliào | - drink (on a menu) |
| 重水生产 | 重水生產 | zhòngshuǐshēngchǎn | - heavy water production |
| 铜翅水雉 | 銅翅水雉 | tóngchìshuǐzhì | - (Chinese bird species) bronze-winged jacana (Metopidius indicus) |
| 钢筋水泥 | 鋼筋水泥 | gāngjīnshuǐní | - reinforced concrete |
| 钢骨水泥 | 鋼骨水泥 | gānggǔshuǐní | - reinforced concrete |
| 镜花水月 | 鏡花水月 | jìnghuāshuǐyuè | - lit. flowers in a mirror and the moon reflected in the lake (idiom) - fig. an unrealistic rosy view - viewing things through rose-tinted spectacles - also written 水月鏡花|水月镜花 |
| 双瞳剪水 | 雙瞳翦水 | shuāngtóngjiǎnshuǐ | - clear, bright eyes (idiom) |
| 露水夫妻 | 露水夫妻 | lùshuǐfūqī | - a couple in a short-lived, improper relationship |
| 露水姻缘 | 露水姻緣 | lùshuǐyīnyuán | - casual romance - short-lived relationship |
| 青山绿水 | 青山綠水 | qīngshānlǜshuǐ | - lit. green hills and clear waters - pleasant country scene (idiom) |
| 顺水人情 | 順水人情 | shùnshuǐrénqíng | - to do sb a favor at little cost |
| 顺水推舟 | 順水推舟 | shùnshuǐtuīzhōu | - lit. to push the boat with the current - fig. to take advantage of the situation for one's own benefit |
| 顺水推船 | 順水推船 | shùnshuǐtuīchuán | - lit. to push the boat with the current - fig. to take advantage of the situation for one's own benefit |
| 显山露水 | 顯山露水 | xiǎnshānlùshuǐ | - to reveal one's talent (idiom) |
| 风力水车 | 風力水車 | fēnglìshuǐchē | - wind-powered waterwheel |
| 风水先生 | 風水先生 | fēngshuǐxiānsheng | - fengshui master - geomancer - stock figure in folk tales, as wise adviser or as charlatan |
| 风水轮流 | 風水輪流 | fēngshuǐlúnliú | - The wheel of fortune turns. |
| 饮水思源 | 飲水思源 | yǐnshuǐsīyuán | - lit. when you drink water, think of its source (idiom); gratitude for blessings and their well-spring - Don't forget where your happiness come from. - Be grateful for all your blessings! |
| 高山流水 | 高山流水 | gāoshānliúshuǐ | - fig. intimate and understanding friend - sublime musical composition |
| 鱼水之欢 | 魚水之歡 | yúshuǐzhīhuān | - the pleasure of close intimacy in a couple (idiom) - sexual intercourse |
| 鸳鸯戏水 | 鴛鴦戲水 | yuānyāngxìshuǐ | - lit. mandarin ducks playing in the water - fig. to make love |
| 丽水地区 | 麗水地區 | Lìshuǐdìqū | - Lishui prefecture, Zhejiang |
| 点水不漏 | 點水不漏 | diǎnshuǐbùlòu | - not one drop of water leaks (idiom); fig. thoughtful and completely rigorous - watertight |
| 城镇化水平 | 城鎮化水平 | chéngzhènhuàshuǐpíng | - urbanization level (of a city or town) |
| 大地水准面 | 大地水準面 | dàdìshuǐzhǔnmiàn | - geoid |
| 尼斯湖水怪 | 尼斯湖水怪 | Nísīhúshuǐguài | - Loch Ness Monster |
| 山不转水转 | 山不轉水轉 | shānbùzhuànshuǐzhuàn | - it's a small world - only mountains never meet |
| 毫米水银柱 | 毫米水銀柱 | háomǐshuǐyínzhù | - millibar (unit of pressure) |
| 水下核爆炸 | 水下核爆炸 | shuǐxiàhébàozhà | - nuclear underwater burst - underwater nuclear explosion |
| 水下核试验 | 水下核試驗 | shuǐxiàhéshìyàn | - underwater nuclear test |
| 水力发电站 | 水力發電站 | shuǐlìfādiànzhàn | - hydroelectric power plant |
| 水底写字板 | 水底寫字板 | shuǐdǐxiězìbǎn | - underwater writing tablet |
| 污水处理厂 | 污水處理廠 | wūshuǐchǔlǐchǎng | - water treatment plant |
| 洋山深水港 | 洋山深水港 | YángshānShēnshuǐgǎng | - Yangshan Deep-Water Port (near Shanghai) |
| 泼出去的水 | 潑出去的水 | pōchūqùdeshuǐ | - spilt water - (fig.) sth that can not be retrieved - spilt milk |
| 皮划艇静水 | 皮劃艇靜水 | píhuátǐngjìngshuǐ | - canoe-kayak flatwater |
| 硅酸盐水泥 | 硅酸鹽水泥 | guīsuānyánshuǐní | - Portland cement |
| 碳水化合物 | 碳水化合物 | tànshuǐhuàhéwù | - carbohydrate |
| 紫坪铺水库 | 紫坪鋪水庫 | Zǐpíngpūshuǐkù | - Zipingpu reservoir, Sichuan |
| 临海水土志 | 臨海水土誌 | Línhǎishuǐtǔzhì | - Seaboard geographic gazetteer (c. 275) by Shen Ying 沈瑩|沈莹 |
| 轻水反应堆 | 輕水反應堆 | qīngshuǐfǎnyìngduī | - light water reactor (LWR) |
| 农林水产省 | 農林水產省 | NónglínShuǐchǎnshěng | - Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (Japan) |
| 重水反应堆 | 重水反應堆 | zhòngshuǐfǎnyìngduī | - heavy water reactor (HWR) |
| 风水轮流转 | 風水輪流轉 | fēngshuǐlúnliúzhuàn | - Reversal of the wheel of fortune. - Every dog has his day. |
| 一点水一个泡 | 一點水一個泡 | yīdiǎnshuǐyīgèpào | - honest and trustworthy (idiom) |
| 不显山不露水 | 不顯山不露水 | bùxiǎnshānbùlùshuǐ | - lit. to not show the mountain and to not reveal the water (idiom); fig. to hide the key facts |
| 中度性肺水肿 | 中度性肺水腫 | zhōngdùxìngfèishuǐzhǒng | - toxic pulmonary edema |
| 井水不犯河水 | 井水不犯河水 | jǐngshuǐbùfànhéshuǐ | - everyone minds their own business |
| 半瓶水响叮当 | 半瓶水響叮噹 | bànpíngshuǐxiǎngdīngdāng | - lit. if you tap a half-empty bottle it makes a sound (idiom) - fig. empty vessels make the most noise - one who has a little knowledge likes to show off, but one who is truly knowledgeable is modest |
| 向家坝水电站 | 向家壩水電站 | Xiàngjiābàshuǐdiànzhàn | - Xiangjiaba hydroelectric power plant of Three Gorges Dam |
| 喝凉水都塞牙 | 喝涼水都塞牙 | hēliángshuǐdōusāiyá | - (coll.) to be out of luck |
| 水至清则无鱼 | 水至清則無魚 | shuǐzhìqīngzéwúyú | - Water that is too clear has few fish, and one who is too critical has few friends (idiom); You cannot expect everyone to be squeaky clean. - Don't be too picky! |
| 河水不犯井水 | 河水不犯井水 | héshuǐbùfànjǐngshuǐ | - lit. river water does not interfere with well water (idiom); Do not interfere with one another. - Mind your own business. |
| 海水不可斗量 | 海水不可斗量 | hǎishuǐbùkědǒuliáng | - see 人不可貌相，海水不可斗量[ren2 bu4 ke3 mao4 xiang4 , hai3 shui3 bu4 ke3 dou3 liang2] |
| 漏水转浑天仪 | 漏水轉渾天儀 | lòushuǐzhuànhúntiānyí | - water-driven armillary sphere (Zhang Heng's famous astronomical apparatus) |
| 汉语水平考试 | 漢語水平考試 | HànyǔShuǐpíngKǎoshì | - HSK (Chinese Proficiency Test) |
| 远水不救近火 | 遠水不救近火 | yuǎnshuǐbùjiùjìnhuǒ | - see 遠水救不了近火|远水救不了近火[yuan3 shui3 jiu4 bu5 liao3 jin4 huo3] |
| 远水不解近渴 | 遠水不解近渴 | yuǎnshuǐbùjiějìnkě | - lit. distant water does not cure present thirst; fig. urgent need - a slow remedy does not address immediate needs |
| 马尾水师学堂 | 馬尾水師學堂 | Mǎwěishuǐshīxuétáng | - Mawei River naval college, alternative name for Fuzhou naval college 福州船政學堂|福州船政学堂, set up in 1866 by the Qing dynasty |
| 三都水族自治县 | 三都水族自治縣 | Sāndūshuǐzúzìzhìxiàn | - Sandu Shuizu autonomous county in Qiannan Buyei and Miao autonomous prefecture 黔南州[Qian2 nan2 zhou1], Guizhou |
| 两手不沾阳春水 | 兩手不沾陽春水 | liǎngshǒubùzhānyángchūnshuǐ | - see 十指不沾陽春水|十指不沾阳春水[shi2 zhi3 bu4 zhan1 yang2 chun1 shui3] |
| 十指不沾阳春水 | 十指不沾陽春水 | shízhǐbùzhānyángchūnshuǐ | - to have no need to fend for oneself (idiom) - to lead a pampered life |
| 吃水不忘挖井人 | 吃水不忘挖井人 | chīshuǐbùwàngwājǐngrén | - see 吃水不忘掘井人[chi1 shui3 bu4 wang4 jue2 jing3 ren2] |
| 吃水不忘掘井人 | 吃水不忘掘井人 | chīshuǐbùwàngjuéjǐngrén | - Drinking the water of a well, one should never forget who dug it. (idiom) |
| 君子之交淡如水 | 君子之交淡如水 | jūnzǐzhījiāodànrúshuǐ | - a gentleman's friendship, insipid as water (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3]) |
| 大水冲了龙王庙 | 大水沖了龍王廟 | dàshuǐchōngleLóngWángmiào | - lit. surging waters flooded the Dragon King temple (idiom) - fig. to fail to recognize a familiar person - a dispute between close people who fail to recognize each other |
| 施华洛世奇水晶 | 施華洛世奇水晶 | Shīhuáluòshìqíshuǐjīng | - Swarovski crystal |
| 春江水暖鸭先知 | 春江水暖鴨先知 | chūnjiāngshuǐnuǎnyāxiānzhī | - lit. the duck is the first to know if the spring water is warm (idiom) - fig. an expert in the field knows which way the wind blows |
| 潜水装备拖轮箱 | 潛水裝備拖輪箱 | qiánshuǐzhuāngbèituōlúnxiāng | - diving bag - diving suitcase |
| 肥水不流外人田 | 肥水不流外人田 | féishuǐbùliúwàiréntián | - lit. don't let one's own fertile water flow into others' field - fig. keep the goodies within the family (proverb) |
| 融水苗族自治县 | 融水苗族自治縣 | RóngshuǐMiáozúZìzhìxiàn | - Rongshui Miao Autonomous County in Liuzhou 柳州[Liu3 zhou1], Guangxi |
| 近水楼台先得月 | 近水樓臺先得月 | jìnshuǐlóutáixiāndéyuè | - the pavilion closest to the water enjoys moonlight first (idiom) - to benefit from intimacy with an influential person |
| 远水救不了近火 | 遠水救不了近火 | yuǎnshuǐjiùbuliǎojìnhuǒ | - lit. water from afar quenches not fire; fig. urgent need - a slow remedy does not address the current emergency |
| 长流水，不断线 | 長流水，不斷線 | chángliúshuǐ,bùduànxiàn | - continuous and patient effort (idiom) |
| 陵水黎族自治县 | 陵水黎族自治縣 | LíngshuǐLízúZìzhìxiàn | - Lingshui Lizu Autonomous County, Hainan |
| 白水江自然保护区 | 白水江自然保護區 | BáishuǐjiāngZìránBǎohùqū | - Baishuijiang Nature Reserve, Gansu |
| 竹篮打水，一场空 | 竹籃打水，一場空 | zhúlándǎshuǐ,yīchángkōng | - using a wicker basket to draw water (idiom); wasted effort |
| 兵来将挡，水来土掩 | 兵來將擋，水來土掩 | bīngláijiàngdǎng,shuǐláitǔyǎn | - counter soldiers with arms, water with an earth weir (idiom); different situations call for different action - to adopt measures appropriate to the actual situation |
| 兵来将敌，水来土堰 | 兵來將敵，水來土堰 | bīngláijiàngdí,shuǐláitǔyàn | - counter soldiers with arms, water with an earth weir (idiom); different situations call for different action - to adopt measures appropriate to the actual situation |
| 如人饮水，冷暖自知 | 如人飲水，冷暖自知 | rúrényǐnshuǐ,lěngnuǎnzìzhī | - the person who drinks it knows best whether the water is hot or cold (Zen proverb); self-awareness comes from within - to know best by personal experience |
| 水能载舟，亦能覆舟 | 水能載舟，亦能覆舟 | shuǐnéngzàizhōu,yìnéngfùzhōu | - lit. water may keep the boat afloat but may also sink it (proverb) - fig. the people can support a regime or overturn it - if sth is used properly, one can benefit from it, otherwise it can do harm - things can be double-edged |
| 流水不腐，户枢不蠹 | 流水不腐，戶樞不蠹 | liúshuǐbùfǔ,hùshūbùdù | - Flowing water does not rot, nor a door-hinge rust (idiom) - constant activity prevents decay |
| 落花有意，流水无情 | 落花有意，流水無情 | luòhuāyǒuyì,liúshuǐwúqíng | - lit. the falling flowers are yearning for love, but the heartless brook ripples on (idiom) - fig. one side is willing, yet the other one remains indifferent (usually of unrequited love) |
| 逆水行舟，不进则退 | 逆水行舟，不進則退 | nìshuǐxíngzhōu,bùjìnzétuì | - like rowing a boat upstream, if you stop moving forward you fall back (idiom) |
| 靠山吃山，靠水吃水 | 靠山吃山，靠水吃水 | kàoshānchīshān,kàoshuǐchīshuǐ | - lit. the mountain dweller lives off the mountain, the shore dweller lives off the sea (idiom) - fig. to make the best use of local resources - to exploit one's position to advance oneself - to find one's niche - to live off the land |
| 彭水苗族土家族自治县 | 彭水苗族土家族自治縣 | PéngshuǐMiáozúTǔjiāzúzìzhìxiàn | - Pengshui Miao and Tujia autonomous county in Qianjiang suburbs of Chongqing municipality |
| 人往高处爬，水往低处流 | 人往高處爬，水往低處流 | rénwǎnggāochùpá,shuǐwǎngdīchùliú | - see 人往高處走，水往低處流|人往高处走，水往低处流[ren2 wang3 gao1 chu4 zou3 , shui3 wang3 di1 chu4 liu2] |
| 人往高处走，水往低处流 | 人往高處走，水往低處流 | rénwǎnggāochùzǒu,shuǐwǎngdīchùliú | - man seeks his way up just as water seeks its way down (idiom) - one should constantly strive to make progress |
| 学如逆水行舟，不进则退 | 學如逆水行舟，不進則退 | xuérúnìshuǐxíngzhōu,bùjìnzétuì | - Study is like rowing upstream: no advance is to drop back |
| 牵马到河易，强马饮水难 | 牽馬到河易，強馬飲水難 | qiānmǎdàohéyì,qiángmǎyǐnshuǐnán | - You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink. (idiom) |
| 人不可貌相，海水不可斗量 | 人不可貌相，海水不可斗量 | rénbùkěmàoxiàng,hǎishuǐbùkědǒuliáng | - you can't judge a person by appearance, just as you can't measure the sea with a pint pot (idiom) |
| 密闭式循环再呼吸水肺系统 | 密閉式循環再呼吸水肺系統 | mìbìshìxúnhuánzàihūxīshuǐfèixìtǒng | - closed-circuit rebreather scuba (diving) |
| 曾经沧海难为水，除却巫山不是云 | 曾經滄海難為水，除卻巫山不是雲 | céngjīngcānghǎinánwéishuǐ,chúquèWūShānbùshìyún | - there are no rivers to one who has crossed the ocean, and no clouds to one who has passed Mount Wu (idiom) - one who has seen the world doesn't stop at small things |
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