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The Chinese word for plumber is
水管工

shuǐ guǎn gōng



plumber

Chinese Definition


plumber
     1. 管子工;铅管工
Components
     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
     1. (musical instrument) a cylindrical double-reed woodwind instrument made of bamboo or wood
     2. (musical instrument, by extension) any wind instrument
     3. (by extension) slender tubular hollow object; pipe; tube; duct; canal; valve; fistula
           吸管 - straw
     4. (literary) calligraphy brush; inkbrush
     5. to administer; to manage; to control; to be in charge
           管理 - to manage
     6. to subject someone to discipline; to discipline
     7. to concern oneself with; to interfere with
     8. to be responsible for the provision of; to provide; to supply
     9. to assure; to guarantee; to ensure; to keep
     10. despite; regardless of; irrespective of
     11. (colloquial) (used in the pattern 管 is followed by the entity that is being called a name)
           臺灣人 管 花生 也 叫 土豆。 - Taiwanese people also call peanuts 土豆.
     12. (dialectal, colloquial) (indicates the object of an action:) to
     13. (Sichuan) to be worth
           管 寧 - Guan Ning
     1. labour; work
           工作 - work
           罷工 - to strike
           偷工減料 - to do shoddy work and use inferior materials
     2. (regional or dialectal, including, Southeast Asia) work; job; profession
           你 做 什麼 工? - What is your job?
           你 失業\失 咗 失業\業 咁 耐,仲 唔 快 啲 搵 返 份 工! - It's been a while since you lost your job; you need to find a new job soon!
     3. (Min Bei, Min Dong, Min Nan) working day; daytime; a day (24 hours)
     4. worker; labourer
           女工 - female worker
           礦工 - miner
           陶瓷工 - potter
           工農 - workers and peasants
     5. man-day
     6. construction
           工地 - construction site
           竣工 - to finish construction
     7. industry
           化工 - chemical industry
     8. engineer
     9. skill; technique
     10. to be good at; to be skilled in
     11. delicate; exquisite; fine
           工巧 - delicate; exquisite
     12. (music) Kunqu gongche notation for the note mi (3).
     13. (music) Cantonese opera gongche notation for the note mi (3).



Translations for and their definitions

管子工
     1. n. plumber


鉛管工
     1. n. plumber


铅管工
     1. Simplified form of 鉛管工


水暖工
     1. n. plumber


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shuǐ guǎn gōng

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