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  seoi2   jyutping
  shui3   pinyin
[1] water; river; seas
[2] liquid; juice; fluid
[3] [] [slang] dough (money)
[4] extra charge/income

Stroke count: 4
Level: 1
Radical: (#85)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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This word has been viewed 42874 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 10th Mar 2018 02:59

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detail  hang4 wan4 lau4 seoi2  xing2 hang2 / yun2 / liu2 / shui3 = Unfettered and free.
detail  jyu5 seoi2  yu3 shui3 = rainwater; Rain Water, 2nd of the 24 solar terms 19th February-5th March
detail  seoi2 gwo2  shui3 guo3 = fruit
detail  hei3 seoi2  qi4 shui3 = soft drink; soda; pop
detail  bing1 seoi2  bing1 shui3 = icewater
detail  hau2 seoi2  kou3 shui3 = saliva, talkative
detail  saan1 seoi2  shan1 shui3 = landscape
detail  zam1 seoi2   = pour out water
detail  hot3 seoi2  he1 shui3 = drink water
detail  hoeng1 seoi2  xiang1 shui3 = perfume
See all 706 compounds (CantoDict reports 730 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing 10 of 42 examples containing 水
detail audio 唔該冰水
Can I please have a glass of ice water?
detail 喜歡你的香水
I like your perfume
detail 一日
Drink eight cups of water each day.
detail 後日係咪游水
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.]
detail 後日係咪游水
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.]
detail 聽日游水
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.]
detail 水龍頭!
Turn on the tap.
detail 一百
Water boils at one hundred degree (Celcius).
detail
Water and oil cannnot be mixed together.
detail 我哋環保所以唔好嘥電
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]
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