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water

8 meanings
MEANING8 meanings

MEANING

  1. noun

    water(inherited)

    无色无味的液体,人和动物需要喝它才能生存wúsè wúwèi de yètǐ, rén hé dòngwù xūyào hē tā cáinéng shēngcún

    • Please give me a glass of water.

  2. noun

    (after a name) ... River(inherited)

    江河;流经陆地流向海洋的液体jiāng hé;liújīng lùdì liúxiàng hǎiyáng de yètǐ

    • This river is very long.

  3. measure word

    classifier for washings of a garment(inherited)

    洗衣服的次数xǐ yīfu de cì shù

  4. noun

    (bound form) additional cost; extra income(inherited)

    附加的费用或收入fùjiā de fèiyòng huò shōurù

    • This month's water and electricity bills are very high.

  5. verb

    to swim (used mostly in 會水|会水[hui4 shui3] and 水性[shui3 xing4])(inherited)

    用身体在水中浮动移动yòng shēntǐ zài shuǐ zhōng fúdòng yídòng

    • Does he know how to swim?

  6. adjective

    (coll.) lacking in substance; shoddy(inherited)

    质量差、不结实、不够好的zhìliàng chà、bù jiéshí、búgoù hǎo de

    • This movie is really bad.

  7. noun

    surname Shui(inherited)

    姓氏,一个人或家族的名字xìngshì、yīge rén huò jiāzú de míngzi

  8. noun

    Shui ethnic group(inherited)

    中国少数民族,主要分布在贵州地区zhōngguó shǎoshù mínzú, zhǔyào fēnbù zài guìzhōu dìqū

    • The Shui are a minority ethnic group in China.

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