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水手
shuǐ shǒu



水手
sailor


Definitions

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水手shuǐshǒu
     1. n. sailor; mariner
English > Chinese
sailor
     1. 水手
Components
shuǐ
     1. water
           請 給 我 一 杯 水,謝謝。 (Qǐng gěi wǒ yī bēi shuǐ, xièxiè.) - A glass of water, please.
           喝水 - hēshuǐ - to drink water
           冰水 - bīngshuǐ - iced water
           冷水 - lěngshuǐ - cold water
           凍水 - dung3 seoi2 - cold water, C
           熱水 - rèshuǐ - hot water
           開水 - kāishuǐ - boiled water
           滾水 - gwan2 seoi2 - boiled water, C
           水族館 - shuǐzúguǎn - aquarium
           水彩 - shuǐcǎi - watercolour
           水溫 - shuǐwēn - water temperature
           雨水 - yǔshuǐ - rainwater
           海水 - hǎishuǐ - seawater
           飲用水 - yǐnyòngshuǐ - drinking water
           礦泉水 - kuàngquánshuǐ - mineral water
           蒸餾水 - zhēngliúshuǐ - distilled water
           水閘 - shuǐzhá - sluice
           水力發電 - shuǐlìfādiàn - hydroelectricity
           碳水化合物 - tànshuǐhuàhéwù - carbohydrate
           脫水 - tuōshuǐ - to dehydrate; dehydration
           水中毒 - shuǐzhōngdú - water intoxication; water poisoning
           雙氧水 - shuāngyǎngshuǐ, lit=water with two oxygen (atoms) - hydrogen peroxide
     2. liquid; potion; juice
           口水 - kǒushuǐ - saliva
           汗水 - hànshuǐ - sweat
           羊水 - yángshuǐ - amniotic fluid
           香水 - xiāngshuǐ - perfume
           眼藥水 - yǎnyàoshuǐ - eyedrop
     3. (colloquial, mainly, Singapore, Malaysia) Synonym of 飲料 (beverage)
           要 叫 什麼 水? (Yào jiào shénme shuǐ?) - What beverage do you want to order?
           欲 叫 什sím物 水? (Beh kiò sím-mi̍h chúi?) - What beverage do you want to order?, MN
     4. (archaic) river
           漢水 - Hànshuǐ - the Han River
     5. body of water
           水路 - shuǐlù - waterway
           三 面 環 水 (sān miàn huán shuǐ) - to be surrounded by (bodies of) water on three sides
     6. flood
           發水 - fāshuǐ - to flood
     7. additional cost or income
     8. (dialectal) rain
     9. (Cantonese) money
           磅水 - bong6 seoi2 - to pay, C
           掠loek6-1水 - loek6-1 seoi2 - to obtain money dishonestly, C
     10. (Cantonese) hundred dollars
           三 嚿 水 - saam1 gau6 seoi2 - three hundred dollars, C
     11. (Cantonese) source of revenue
     12. (Cantonese) to fool; to deceive; to misguide
     13. to swim
           水性 - shuǐxìng - swimming ability
     14. (colloquial) lacking substance or power; worthless
           這裡 的 大學 太 水 了。 (Zhèlǐ de dàxué tài shuǐ le.) - The universities here are too weak.
     15. Short for 划水 (gloss=to shirk; to slack off)
     16. one of the five elements of Wuxing (Chinese philosophy) (五行)
     17. (colloquial) Classifier for the number of times clothing was washed.
     18. Sui people
           水書 - shuǐshū - Shuishu (the traditional writing system of the Sui people)
     19. Variant of 媠
     1. Variant of 嫷
     2. Variant of 惰
     3. (Min Nan) good-looking; pretty; beautiful
shǒu
     1. hand
     2. expert; master
           高手 - master
     3. -ist; -er
           歌手 - singer
     4. convenient; handy; portable
           手機 - mobile phone
           手冊 - handbook
     5. handwritten
     6. (Min Nan) luck in gambling
     7. (Mainland China Hokkien)
     8. (Taiwanese Hokkien) hidden part (general)
     9. (finance)
     10. usage. In many varieties of Chinese south of the Yangtze River, 手 refers to the arm and hand collectively.
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