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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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See 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 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.] 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.] 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.] 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] 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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: the Cantonese Jyutping romanisation (pronunciation)
Also, CantoDict uses a unique "asterisk (*)" convention, to show readings such as jyu4*2. For more information please see CantoDict Tone Conventions.
: the Mandarin pronunciation of the word in pinyin.