水 (seoi2 | shui3) : water; liquid, juice; [slang] money

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水

seoi2

shui3

[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.

水

Don't confuse with:
永火

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 yu3 shui3 = rainwater

水果 seoi2 gwo2 shui3 guo3 = fruit

汽水 hei3 seoi2 qi4 shui3 = soft drink; soda; pop

冰水 bing1 seoi2 bing1 shui3 = icewater

口水 hau2 seoi2 kou3 shui3 = saliva, talkative

山水 saan1 seoi2 shan1 shui3 = landscape

走水 zau2 seoi2 zou3 shui3 = leak; flow; be on fire, catch fire

香水 hoeng1 seoi2 xiang1 shui3 = perfume

水手 seoi2 sau2 shui3 shou3 = sailor, mariner

死水 sei2 seoi2 = stagnant water
See all 632 compounds (CantoDict reports 654 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing 10 of 30 examples containing 水

唔該，畀杯冰水呀。粵
Can I please have a glass of ice water?

我喜歡你的香水國
I like your perfume

一日飲八杯水。粵
Drink eight cups of water each day.

水去到一百度就會滾。粵
Water boils at one hundred degree (Celcius).

水同油係溝唔埋嘅。粵
Water and oil cannnot be mixed together.

我就喝自來水。國
I only drink water

我想租一間包括水電費的房子。國
I want to rent a house that has utilities included.

年卅呀晚呢度人山人海直情水泄不通粵
On the 30th night, this place will be completely filled with people, impossible to move.

呢棟大廈有自來水粵
This building has "self-arrived" ("running") water.

買滿$30可以用優惠價$5換購汽水一支
Spend over $30, can get a bottle of soft drink for $5

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Decimal representation of this word: 水
Unicode code for this character: U+6c34 (off-site link)

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