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shuǐ

Main
English Definition	water; river; liquid; beverage; additional charges or income; (of clothes) measure word for number of washes; (Chinese surname)
Simplified Script	水
Traditional Script	Same
Pinyin	shuǐ
Effective Pinyin (After Tone Sandhi)	Same
Zhuyin (Bopomofo)	ㄕㄨㄟˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping)	seoi²
Part of Speech	(名) noun
Measure Words	杯, 壶, 瓶
Topical Word Lists	Part of food/groups/drinks Part of religion/mysticism/five phases
Proficiency Test Level	HSK.v3=1 TOCFL=1

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Words With Same Head Word
水果	shuǐguǒ	fruit
水平	shuǐpíng	level (of achievement etc); standard; horizontal
水准	shuǐzhǔn	level (of achievement etc); standard; level (surveying)
水饺	shuǐjiǎo	boiled dumpling (made by wrapping a pasta skin around a filling, like ravioli)
水分	shuǐfèn	moisture content; (fig.) overstatement; padding

Words With Same Tail Word
开水	kāishuǐ	boiled water; boiling water
汽水	qìshuǐ	soda; pop
热水	rèshuǐ	hot water
香水	xiāngshuǐ	perfume; cologne
口水	kǒushuǐ	saliva

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