Water in Chinese (Mandarin): 水 (shuǐ)
水
shuǐ
water
- Simplified
- 水
- Traditional
- 水
- Pinyin
- shuǐ
- Typed as
- shui
Use it in a sentence
我喝水。
I drink water.
The characters in 水
水
Water. It began as a drawing of flowing water.
4 strokes
Third tone. On the left of a character, water becomes three dots, 氵, as in 河 (hé, river) and 海 (hǎi, sea).
More examples with 水
水很凉。
水很涼。
Shuǐ hěn liáng.
The water is cool.
鱼在水里。
魚在水裡。
Yú zài shuǐ li.
The fish is in the water.
How to write 水 in Chinese
Each box adds one stroke, in red. Write them in this order.
水 4 strokes
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