| Component |
Pinyin |
Meanings |
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| 水 |
shuǐ |
1. water |
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請 給 我 一 杯 水，謝謝。 (Qǐng gěi wǒ yī bēi shuǐ, xièxiè.) - A glass of water, please. |
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喝水 - hēshuǐ - to drink water |
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冰水 - bīngshuǐ - iced water |
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冷水 - lěngshuǐ - cold water |
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凍水 - dung3 seoi2 - cold water, C |
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熱水 - rèshuǐ - hot water |
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開水 - kāishuǐ - boiled water |
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滾水 - gwan2 seoi2 - boiled water, C |
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水族館 - shuǐzúguǎn - aquarium |
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水彩 - shuǐcǎi - watercolour |
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水溫 - shuǐwēn - water temperature |
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雨水 - yǔshuǐ - rainwater |
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海水 - hǎishuǐ - seawater |
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飲用水 - yǐnyòngshuǐ - drinking water |
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礦泉水 - kuàngquánshuǐ - mineral water |
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蒸餾水 - zhēngliúshuǐ - distilled water |
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水閘 - shuǐzhá - sluice |
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水力發電 - shuǐlìfādiàn - hydroelectricity |
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碳水化合物 - tànshuǐhuàhéwù - carbohydrate |
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脫水 - tuōshuǐ - to dehydrate; dehydration |
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水中毒 - shuǐzhōngdú - water intoxication; water poisoning |
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雙氧水 - shuāngyǎngshuǐ, lit=water with two oxygen (atoms) - hydrogen peroxide |
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2. liquid; potion; juice |
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口水 - kǒushuǐ - saliva |
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汗水 - hànshuǐ - sweat |
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羊水 - yángshuǐ - amniotic fluid |
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香水 - xiāngshuǐ - perfume |
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眼藥水 - yǎnyàoshuǐ - eyedrop |
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3. (colloquial, mainly, Singapore, Malaysia) Synonym of 飲料 (beverage) |
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要 叫 什麼 水？ (Yào jiào shénme shuǐ?) - What beverage do you want to order? |
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欲 叫 什sím物 水？ (Beh kiò sím-mi̍h chúi?) - What beverage do you want to order?, MN |
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4. (archaic) river |
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漢水 - Hànshuǐ - the Han River |
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5. body of water |
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水路 - shuǐlù - waterway |
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三 面 環 水 (sān miàn huán shuǐ) - to be surrounded by (bodies of) water on three sides |
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6. flood |
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發水 - fāshuǐ - to flood |
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7. additional cost or income |
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8. (dialectal) rain |
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9. (Cantonese) money |
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磅水 - bong6 seoi2 - to pay, C |
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掠loek6-1水 - loek6-1 seoi2 - to obtain money dishonestly, C |
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10. (Cantonese) hundred dollars |
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三 嚿 水 - saam1 gau6 seoi2 - three hundred dollars, C |
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11. (Cantonese) source of revenue |
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12. (Cantonese) to fool; to deceive; to misguide |
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13. to swim |
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水性 - shuǐxìng - swimming ability |
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14. (colloquial) lacking substance or power; worthless |
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這裡 的 大學 太 水 了。 (Zhèlǐ de dàxué tài shuǐ le.) - The universities here are too weak. |
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15. Short for 划水, gloss=to shirk; to slack off |
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16. one of the five elements of Wu Xing (五行) |
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17. (colloquial) Classifier for the number of times clothing was washed. |
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18. Sui people |
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水書 - shuǐshū - Shuishu (the traditional writing system of the Sui people) |
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19. Variant of 媠 |
去 |
qù |
1. to leave; to depart from | |
去世 - to pass away |
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2. to go to; to leave for |
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你 去 哪兒r？ - Where are you going? |
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(ant, zh, 來) |
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3. (before or after a verb) to go in order to do something |
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他 到 辦公室 去 請假。 - He went to the office to ask for leave. |
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他 去 釣魚 了，而 沒 去 打 網球。 - He went fishing instead of playing tennis. |
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4. (between two verbs) to; in order to |
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5. (Used after a verb of motion to indicate movement away from the speaker.) |
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下去 - to go down ant. to come down |
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送 去 - to send away |
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6. to send; to dispatch |
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7. to play (a part, a character); to act |
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8. (euphemistic) to pass away; to die |
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9. last; past |
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去年 - last year |
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10. 66th tetragram of the Taixuanjing; "departure" (?) |
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11. Short for 去聲 |
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12. (literary) to be separated by; to be apart by |
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13. (neologism) what the hell; what; damn; fuck |
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我去 - what the hell |
| qù |
14. to remove; to get rid of |
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去掉 - to remove |
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脫去 - to throw off |
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拆去 - to remove, to take off |
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去 蝦腸 - to remove the intestines from shrimp |
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牛肉 去 咗 啲 腥味 之後 會 好食 好 多。 - Beef tastes much better after you get rid of the rankness. |
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去頭 白蝦 - headless white shrimp |
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去中心化 - decentralization |
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15. to discard |
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16. Variant of 弆 |
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17. Variant of 驅 |
