Chinese words starting with “shui”
30 words in our HSK vocabulary start with the syllable shui. They are sorted by how common they are, so the ones you are most likely to meet come first. The 3 most useful of them have their own page — they are listed first below.
Initial sh · final ui · hear the four tones and see example characters →
- 3rd tone 23
- 4th tone 7
Word counts by tone are counted on the first syllable of each word.
Common words with this syllable
- 睡觉shuì jiàoHSK 1
to go to bed; to sleep
- 水平shuǐ píngHSK 2
level (of achievement etc); standard; horizontal
- 水果shuǐ guǒHSK 1
fruit
All 30 words
| # | Word | Pinyin | POS | Meaning | Study list |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 水 | shuǐ | n | water; river; liquid; beverage; additional charges or income; (of clothes) classifier for number of washes | |
| 2 | 睡 | shuì | v,vn | to sleep; to lie down | |
| 3 | 睡着 | shuì zháo | v | to fall asleep | |
| 4 | 税 | shuì | n | taxes; duties | |
| 5 | 睡眠 | shuì mián | v,vn | sleep; to sleep; (computing) to enter sleep mode | |
| 6 | 水泥 | shuǐ ní | n | cement | |
| 7 | 水晶 | shuǐ jīng | n | crystal | |
| 8 | 水面 | shuǐ miàn | n | water surface | |
| 9 | 水准 | shuǐ zhǔn | n | level (of achievement etc); standard; level (surveying) | |
| 10 | 税收 | shuì shōu | n | taxation | |
| 11 | 水管 | shuǐ guǎn | n | water pipe | |
| 12 | 水源 | shuǐ yuán | n | water source; water supply; headwaters of a river | |
| 13 | 水库 | shuǐ kù | n | reservoir | |
| 14 | 税务 | shuì wù | n | taxation services; state revenue service | |
| 15 | 水分 | shuǐ fèn | n | moisture content; (fig.) overstatement; padding | |
| 16 | 水手 | shuǐ shǒu | n | mariner; sailor; seaman | |
| 17 | 水产品 | shuǐ chǎn pǐn | aquatic products (including fish, crabs, seaweed etc) | ||
| 18 | 水域 | shuǐ yù | n | waters; body of water | |
| 19 | 水龙头 | shuǐ lóng tóu | n | faucet; tap | |
| 20 | 水壶 | shuǐ hú | n | kettle; canteen; watering can | |
| 21 | 水利 | shuǐ lì | n | water conservancy; irrigation works | |
| 22 | 水落石出 | shuǐ luò shí chū | l | as the water recedes, the rocks appear (idiom); the truth comes to light | |
| 23 | 水槽 | shuǐ cáo | n | sink | |
| 24 | 睡袋 | shuì dài | n | sleeping bag | |
| 25 | 水温 | shuǐ wēn | n | water temperature | |
| 26 | 水灾 | shuǐ zāi | n | flood; flood damage | |
| 27 | 水稻 | shuǐ dào | n | rice; paddy | |
| 28 | 水货 | shuǐ huò | n | smuggled goods; unauthorized goods | |
| 29 | 水涨船高 | shuǐ zhǎng chuán gāo | v | the tide rises, the boat floats (idiom); fig. to change with the overall trend; to develop according to the situation | |
| 30 | 水灵灵 | shuǐ líng líng | z | see 水灵 |
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