Chinese Word of the Day
水管工shuǐ guǎn gōng
plumber
Definitions
| Chinese > English | |
| 水管工 | shuǐguǎngōng |
| 1. n. plumber | |
| English > Chinese | |
| plumber | |
| 1. 管子工；铅管工 | |
| 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 | |
| 管 | guǎn |
| 1. (musical instrument) a cylindrical double-reed woodwind instrument made of bamboo or wood | |
| 2. (musical instrument, by extension) any wind instrument | |
| 3. (by extension) slender tubular hollow object; pipe; tube; duct; canal; valve; fistula | |
| 吸管 - straw | |
| 4. (literary) calligraphy brush; inkbrush | |
| 5. to administer; to manage; to control; to be in charge | |
| 管理 - to manage | |
| 6. to subject someone to discipline; to discipline | |
| 7. to concern oneself with; to interfere with | |
| 8. to be responsible for the provision of; to provide; to supply | |
| 9. to assure; to guarantee; to ensure; to keep | |
| 10. despite; regardless of; irrespective of | |
| 11. (colloquial) (used in the pattern 管 is followed by the entity that is being called a name) | |
| 臺灣人 管 花生 也 叫 土豆。 - Taiwanese people also call peanuts 土豆. | |
| 12. (dialectal, colloquial) (indicates the object of an action:) to | |
| 13. (Sichuan) to be worth | |
| 管 ^寧 - Guan Ning | |
| 工 | gōng |
| 1. labour; work | |
| 工作 - work | |
| 罷工 - to strike | |
| 偷工減料 - to do shoddy work and use inferior materials | |
| 2. (regional or dialectal, including, Southeast Asia) work; job; profession | |
| 你 做 什麼 工？ - What is your job? | |
| 你 失業\失 咗 失業\業 咁 耐，仲 唔 快 啲 搵 返 份 工！ - It's been a while since you lost your job; you need to find a new job soon! | |
| 3. (Min Bei, Min Dong, Min Nan) working day; daytime; a day (24 hours) | |
| 4. worker; labourer | |
| 女工 - female worker | |
| 礦工 - miner | |
| 陶瓷工 - potter | |
| 工農 - workers and peasants | |
| 5. man-day | |
| 6. construction | |
| 工地 - construction site | |
| 竣工 - to finish construction | |
| 7. industry | |
| 化工 - chemical industry | |
| 8. engineer | |
| 9. skill; technique | |
| 10. to be good at; to be skilled in | |
| 11. delicate; exquisite; fine | |
| 工巧 - delicate; exquisite | |
| 12. (music) Kunqu gongche notation for the note mi (3). | |
| 13. (music) Cantonese opera gongche notation for the note mi (3). | |
Pronunciation
shuǐ guǎn gōng
Review previous words
Random
| Learn these with |
| Multiple Choice |
| Hidden Image |
| Bingo |
| Hangman |
| Word Search |
| Crosswords |
| Memory |
| Flash Cards |
| Subscribe to Word of the Day |
| Email: |