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- water
- (after a name) ... River
- to swim (used mostly in 會水|会水[hui4 shui3] and 水性[shui3 xing4])
- (coll.) lacking in substance; shoddy
- (bound form) additional cost; extra income
- classifier for washings of a garment
- bitter water (e.g. mineral water containing sulfates)
- suffering
- digestive fluids rising from stomach to the mouth
- fig. bitter complaint
- to dive (into water)
- (sports) diving
- to commit suicide by jumping into water
- (fig.) (of stock prices etc) to fall dramatically
- smuggler, esp. of electronic goods from Macao or Hong Kong to Guangdong
- boatman
- fisherman
- itinerant trader
- water screen (screen formed of sprayed water droplets, used for displaying projected images, for temperature control, or for air purification)
- Yushui or Rain Water, 2nd of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 19th February-5th March
- swimming ability
- characteristics of a body of water (depth, currents etc)
- aqueous
- water-based (paint etc)
- see 清水縣|清水县[Qing1 shui3 Xian4]
- Shimizu (Japanese surname and place name)
- Huangshui River, upper reaches of the Yellow River 黃河|黄河[Huang2 He2], flowing through Qinghai and Gansu
- Wei River in Shaanxi, through the Guanzhong Plain 關中平原|关中平原[Guan1 zhong1 Ping2 yuan2]
Trad. 羅水
- name of a river, the northern tributary of Miluo river 汨羅江|汨罗江[Mi4 luo2 jiang1]
Trad. 灃水
- Feng River in Shaanxi 陝西|陕西[Shan3 xi1], tributary of Wei River 渭水[Wei4 Shui3]
- Tamsui or Danshui, district of New Taipei City 新北市[Xin1 bei3 shi4], Taiwan
Trad. 試水
- to run water through a system to test it (for leakages etc)
- (fig.) to test the waters; to do (sth) on a trial basis
- to fall into water
- to sink
- overboard
- fig. to degenerate
- to sink (into depravity)
- to go to the dogs
- to irrigate
- to pour water into
- to inject water into meat to increase its weight (plumping)
- to cook the books
- to post low-value messages (small talk etc) on Internet forums
- prison cell containing water, in which prisoners are forced to be partly immersed
- name of a river, the southern tributary of Miluo river 汨羅江|汨罗江[Mi4 luo2 jiang1]