水 (shuǐ) means Water (river). Below are 24 of the 166 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
桌上有一瓶 水 。
Zhuō shàng yǒu yì píng shuǐ.
There is a bottle of water on the table.
Dictionary example · HSK 1 · 水
这种 水 果很甜。
Zhè zhǒng shuǐguǒ hěn tián.
This kind of fruit is very sweet.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 种
这瓶 水 有两升。
Zhè píng shuǐ yǒu liǎng shēng.
This bottle holds two litres of water.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 升
溪 水 非常清凉。
Xī shuǐ fēicháng qīngliáng.
The stream water is cool and clear.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 溪
Reading these is one thing; producing 水 yourself is another. Cloze in Context takes a sentence from this same bank, removes one word and asks you to put it back — beginner, intermediate and advanced.
From the graded readers
我们喝了很多 水 。
wǒmen hē / hè le / liǎo / liào hěnduō shuǐ.
We drank a lot of water.
Graded reader · HSK 1 · The Weather Today
起床以后，我喝一杯 水 。
qǐchuáng yǐhòu, wǒ hē / hè yī bēi shuǐ.
After getting up, I drink a glass of water.
Graded reader · HSK 1 · My Day
鸡蛋、牛奶、面包、 水 果和茶。
jīdàn, niúnǎi, miànbāo, shuǐguǒ hé chá.
Eggs, milk, bread, fruit and tea.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · At the Supermarket
牛奶在最里边， 水 果在门旁边。
niúnǎi zài zuì lǐ biān, shuǐguǒ zài mén pángbiān.
The milk was at the very back and the fruit was by the door.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · At the Supermarket
小白不喜欢 水 ，可是它很喜欢吃鱼。
xiǎo bái bù xǐhuan shuǐ, kěshì tā hěn xǐhuan chī yú.
Xiaobai doesn't like water, but he loves eating fish.
Graded reader · HSK 1 · My Cat
他说：“一天吃三次，多喝热 水 ，好好休息。”
tā shuō:" yī tiān chī sāncì, duō hē / hè rè shuǐ, hǎohǎo xiūxi."
He said, "Three times a day, drink plenty of hot water, and rest properly."
Graded reader · HSK 2 · Going to the Doctor
From the travel phrasebook
水 要打开喝一口。
Shuǐ yào dǎkāi hē yì kǒu.
Open your water and take a sip.
Travel phrasebook · High-speed rail and the metro
From the grammar library
请给我两杯 水 。
Qǐng gěi wǒ liǎng bēi shuǐ.
Two glasses of water, please.
Grammar library · HSK 1 · 二 vs 两 — two ways to say two
水 appears in 166 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
Words that contain 水
Each of these has sentences of its own, so you can see the character doing a different job in each one.
Questions about 水
How is 水 used in a sentence?
This page shows 166 sentences using 水 (shuǐ, "Water (river)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 水 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 水 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Is 水 an HSK word?
Yes — 水 is on the official HSK 1 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 1 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 水?
The dictionary page for 水 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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