| 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 |
白 |
bái, bó |
1. white | |
白色 (báisè) - white color |
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白茶 (báichá) - white tea |
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2. clear; easy to understand |
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明白bai (míngbai) - clear, obvious |
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淺白 (qiǎnbái) - simple |
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3. clear; pure; plain; blank |
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白紙 (báizhǐ) - a blank sheet of paper |
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白卷 (báijuǎn) - blank exam paper |
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白水 (báishuǐ) - plain water |
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白粥 (báizhōu) - plain congee |
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4. bright; well-lit |
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5. eminent; prominent |
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6. vernacular |
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白話 (báihuà) - spoken language |
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7. dialect |
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蘇白 (sūbái) - Suzhou dialect |
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京白 (jīngbái) - Beijing dialect |
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8. Short for 白讀 (gloss=colloquial reading) |
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9. reactionary; anticommunist |
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白軍 (báijūn) - The White army |
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白區 (báiqū) - The White area |
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白色恐怖 (báisèkǒngbù) - the White terror |
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10. in vain; for nothing |
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我們 沒有 白 忙。 - Our efforts were not in vain. |
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她 白 等 了。 - She waited in vain. |
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他們 的 血 沒有 白 流。 (Tāmen de xuè méiyǒu bái liú.) - Their blood was not shed in vain. |
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所有 的 工作 都 白 做 了。 (Suǒyǒu de gōngzuò dōu bái zuò le.) - All the work has been done for nothing. |
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白 來 一趟 (bái lái yītàng) - to come in vain; to come for nothing |
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白給 的 東西xi (báigěi de dōngxi) - something given for nothing |
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11. free of charge; gratuitous; gratis |
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你 可以 白 拿走 這 些 蘋果。 (Nǐ kěyǐ bái názǒu zhè xiē píngguǒ.) - You can have these apples for free. |
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12. to stare coldly; to stare at someone with the white of the eyes |
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她 生氣 地de 白 了 他 一眼。 (Tā shēngqì de bái le tā yīyǎn.) - She gave him an angry stare. |
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13. to explain; to present; to state |
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自白 (zìbái) - explain oneself, confess |
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開場白 (kāichǎngbái) - preamble |
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表白 (biǎobái) - to explain oneself |
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辯白 (biànbái) - to explain, to defend oneself |
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14. to mispronounce or wrongly write a character |
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我 老是 寫 白 字 讀破句。 (Wǒ lǎoshì xiě bái zì dúpòjù.) - I always mispronounce words and break my sentences up in the wrong places. |
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我 把 這 字 念 白 了。 (Wǒ bǎ zhè zì niàn bái le.) - I've mispronounced the character. |
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15. spoken lines |
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念白 (niànbái) - spoken parts of a Chinese opera |
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道白 (dàobái) - spoken parts of a Chinese opera |
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獨白 (dúbái) - monologue |
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對白 (duìbái) - dialogue |
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16. funeral |
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紅白喜事 (hóngbáixǐshì) - weddings and funerals |
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17. . Bai |
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白 崇-禧 (Bái Chóngxǐ) - Bai Chongxi |
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18. Bai, an ethnic group living primarily in Yunnan, China |
