The Chinese word for flood is
洪水
hóng shuǐ
Chinese Definition
| flood | |
| 1. 洪水 | |
| 2. 涨潮 | |
| 3. 犯滥 | |
| 4. 拥到 | |
| 5. 河 | |
| 6. 使溢出 | |
| 7. 涨满 | |
| 8. 灌溉 | |
| 9. 涨 | |
| 10. 涌到 | |
| 11. 出血 | |
| 12. 淹没 | |
| 13. 洪 | |
| 14. 洚 | |
| Components | |
| 洪 | |
| 1. flood | |
| 2. big; vast; grand | |
| ^洪 ^秀-全 - Hong Xiuquan (leader of the Taiping Rebellion against the Qing dynasty) | |
| 水 | |
| 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 |
Translations for 水 and their definitions
| 洪水 | |
| 1. n. flood (usually disastrous overflow from a body of water); flooding; floodwater | |
| 容易 鬧 洪水 - to be prone to flooding |
| 洪災 | |
| 1. n. flood (usually disastrous overflow from a body of water) |
| 洪灾 | |
| 1. Simplified form of 洪災 |
| 水災 | |
| 1. n. flood (usually disastrous overflow from a body of water) |
| 水灾 | |
| 1. Simplified form of 水災 |
| 大水 | |
| 1. n. flood (usually disastrous overflow from a body of water) | |
| 2. n. (Taishanese) heavy rain; downpour | |
| 3. v. (Shanghainese Wu) to flood |
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hóng shuǐ
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