Flood in Chinese (Mandarin): 洪水 (hóngshuǐ)
洪水
hóngshuǐ
flood
- Simplified
- 洪水
- Traditional
- 洪水
- Pinyin
- hóngshuǐ
- Typed as
- hongshui
Use it in a sentence
大禹制止了洪水。
Yu the Great stopped the flood.
The characters in 洪水
洪
Flood, vast. 氵 (water) is on the left.
9 strokes
水
Water.
4 strokes
大禹 (Dà Yǔ) stopped the great flood by digging channels to lead the water to the sea, instead of building walls.
More examples with 洪水
洪水来了，快跑！
洪水來了，快跑！
Hóngshuǐ lái le, kuài pǎo!
The flood is coming, run!
洪水冲走了桥。
洪水沖走了橋。
Hóngshuǐ chōng zǒu le qiáo.
The flood washed the bridge away.
How to write 洪水 in Chinese
Each box adds one stroke, in red. Write them in this order.
洪 9 strokes
水 4 strokes
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