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水龙头shuǐ lóng tóu
tap
Definitions
| Chinese > English | ||
| 水龙头 | ||
| 1. Simplified form of 水龍頭 | ||
| 水龍頭 | shuǐlóngtóu | |
| 1. n. tap; faucet | ||
| 2. n. (Malaysia Hokkien) hydrant | ||
| English > Chinese | ||
| tap | ||
| 1. 旋塞;龙头；塞子,絲錐 | ||
| Components | ||
| 水 | 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 Wu Xing (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 | ||
| 媠 | ||
| 1. Variant of 嫷 | ||
| 2. Variant of 惰 | ||
| 3. (Min Nan) good-looking; pretty; beautiful | ||
| 龙 | ||
| 1. Simplified form of 龍 | ||
| 龍 | lóng | |
| 1. (mythology) Chinese dragon | ||
| 2. (mythology) Western dragon | ||
| 3. (figurative) emperor; sovereign; king; of the emperor | ||
| 龍椅 (lóngyǐ) - imperial chair | ||
| 4. (figurative) chief; hero; towering figure | ||
| 5. (by extension) dragon-shaped object; long object | ||
| 6. (by extension) dragon-adorned object | ||
| 7. (zoology, palaeontology) extinct reptilian creature; -saur | ||
| 恐龍 (kǒnglóng) - dinosaur | ||
| 翼手龍 (yìshǒulóng) - pterodactyl | ||
| 8. (Min Dong) to become clear-minded; to be revitalised | ||
| 9. (Cantonese, soccer, and, other sports) goal | ||
| 10. (Cantonese, soccer, and, other sports) goalkeeper | ||
| 11. (figurative) queue; line | ||
| 排長龍 - to form a long queue | ||
| 12. (Hong Kong Cantonese, slang) money | ||
| 13. (Hong Kong Cantonese, slang) snake meat | ||
| 14. (Shanghainese Wu, slang) a hundred of a currency designation | ||
| Synonyms: 籠 | ||
| 龍 雲 (Lóng Yún) - Long Yun (Yunnan warlord) | ||
| 头 | ||
| 1. Simplified form of 頭 | ||
| 頭 | tóu | |
| 1. (anatomy) head | ||
| 我 頭 不再 痛 了。 (Wǒ tóu bùzài tòng le.) - My head doesn't hurt any more. | ||
| 2. hair; hairstyle | ||
| 洗頭 (xǐtóu) - to wash one's hair | ||
| 把 頭 剃 光 (bǎ tóu tì guāng) - to shave one's head | ||
| 3. beginning or end | ||
| 從 頭 開始 (cóng tóu kāishǐ) - to start from the beginning | ||
| 4. top; tip; end | ||
| 山頭 - shāntóu - top of a mountain | ||
| 火柴 頭 - huǒchái tóu - tip of a match | ||
| 5. chief; boss; leader (person that leads or directs) | ||
| 工頭 - gōngtóu - foreman | ||
| 你們 的 頭兒r 是 誰？ (Nǐmen de tóur shì shéi?) - Who is your leader? | ||
| 6. remnant; end | ||
| 布頭兒r - bùtóur - oddment | ||
| 煙頭 - yāntóu - cigarette bud | ||
| 7. first; leading | ||
| 頭獎 - tóujiǎng - first prize; biggest prize | ||
| 頭 班 車 - tóu bān chē - first departure | ||
| 8. (used before a classifier or a numeral) first | ||
| 頭 一 遍 - tóu yī biàn - the first time | ||
| 頭 三 天 - tóu sān tiān - the first three days | ||
| 頭 幾個 - tóu jǐge - the first few | ||
| 9. (Hakka, Min Nan, dated in Mainland China) station | ||
| 車頭 - chhia-thâu - train station, MN | ||
| 10. side; aspect | ||
| 11. (Teochew) at the same time; simultaneously | ||
| 头 尋 头 呌 门外 来 (tao5 cim5 tao5 giê3 mung5 ghua7 lai5, ref=late Qing/early Republic, anonymous, 古板一世報全歌) - While searching and shouting he went outdoors., MN-T | ||
| 12. (Cantonese) plug; connector; Short for 插頭, tr=- | ||
| type C 頭tau4-2 - type C tau4-2 - USB Type-C connector, C | ||
| 我 有 兩 頭 豬。 (Wǒ yǒu liǎng tóu zhū.) - I have two pigs. | ||
| 13. (dialectal) | ||
| 14. (Min Bei) | ||
| 15. Suffix that forms nouns. | ||
| 16. Added to a noun. | ||
| 17. 罐頭tou (guàntou) - can; tin | ||
| 18. 石頭tou (shítou) - rock | ||
| 19. Added to a locative word. | ||
| 20. 裡頭tou (lǐtou) - inside | ||
| 21. 前頭tou (qiántou) - front | ||
| 22. Added to a verb to form an abstract noun. | ||
| 23. 念頭tou (niàntou) - thought; idea | ||
| 24. Added to an adjective to form an abstract noun. | ||
| 25. 甜頭tou (tiántou) - sweet taste; benefit | ||
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Pronunciation
shuǐ lóng tóu
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