The Chinese word for sailor is
水手

shuǐ shǒu

Chinese Definition

sailor
1. 水手
Components
水
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
手
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.