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水

On the HSK 1 vocabulary list, at CEFR level A1.

shuǐ ㄕㄨㄟˇ

    • water
    • ... River

      after a name

    • to swim (used mostly in 会水 huìshuǐ and 水性 shuǐxìng)
    • lacking in substance shoddy

      coll.

    • additional cost extra income

      bound form

    • classifier for washings of a garment
    • surname Shui
    • Shui ethnic group

Other words read shuǐ

In the same tone

shui with other tones

All 6 words read shui in any tone

Other words read shuǐ

In the same tone

shui with other tones

All 6 words read shui in any tone

How 水 is written

    部首 radical
    水
    笔画 strokes
    4
    结构 structure
    独体字

    水 as a 部首

    水 is a 部首 (bùshǒu), a radical. A Chinese dictionary files every character under one of them, and this one files 668 under 水. Look a character up by the 水 radical

    Easy to confuse with 水

    Words with 水

    Starting with 水

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    Ending with 水

    All 311 words ending with 水

    Containing 水

    All 286 words containing 水

    Words with 水

    Starting with 水

    All 298 words starting with 水

    Ending with 水

    All 311 words ending with 水

    Containing 水

    All 286 words containing 水

    Example sentences and grammar articles using 水

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