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[1] [n] water [2] a general term for seas [3] liquid; juice [4] flood; flood disaster [5] a Chinese family name [6] Kangxi radical 85 [7] [slang] money Stroke count: 4
Level: 1
Radical: 水 (#85)
This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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Don't confuse with: 永火 |
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| This character was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 12th Jul 2009 07:42 | ||
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雨水
jyu5 seoi2 = rainwater
水果
seoi2 gwo2 = fruit
汽水
hei3 seoi2 = soft drink; soda; pop
冰水
bing1 seoi2 = icewater
口水
hau2 seoi2 = saliva, talkative
山水
saan1 seoi2 = landscape
走水
zau2 seoi2 = leak; flow; be on fire, catch fire
香水
hoeng1 seoi2 = perfume
水手
seoi2 sau2 = sailor, mariner
死水
sei2 seoi2 = stagnant waterSee all 651 compounds (CantoDict reports 674 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations) |
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Showing 10 of 36 examples containing 水
你後日係咪游水 粵
Are you going swimming the day after tomorrow? [This is just a simple yes-no question. You can replace the verb-object pair with anything you like.]
你後日係咪去游水 粵
Are you still going swimming with me, the day after tomorrow? [Note that the inclusion of 去 here implies that you've already made an appointment to go with someone and you're confirming (你想確定). The swimming pool is far away from both of you.]
你聽日係嚟游水 粵
Are you still coming swimming with me tomorrow? [Note that the inclusion of 嚟 here implies that you've already made an appointment to go with someone and you're confirming (你想確定). The swimming pool is near you but far from the other person.]
我哋要環保，所以唔好嘥電同水 粵
We need to protect the environment, so don't waste water and electricity. [You can interpolate a 咁多 with the added meaning of "so much" in between the verb and object. 我哋要環保，所以唔好嘥咁多電同水]
你想食水果就要摘佢啦 粵
If you want to have some fruit you need to pick it [from the tree]. [Lit. you want eat fruit then pick it [particle]] |
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Forum Code to link to this word:
[big][url=http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/characters/28/]水[/url][/big]
HTML Code to link to this word:
<a href="http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/characters/28/" class="chinesemed" target="_blank">水</a>
Decimal representation of this word: 水
Unicode code for this character: U+6c34 (off-site link)
[big][url=http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/characters/28/]水[/url][/big]
HTML Code to link to this word:
<a href="http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/characters/28/" class="chinesemed" target="_blank">水</a>
Decimal representation of this word: 水
Unicode code for this character: U+6c34 (off-site link)
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