The Chinese word for ink is
墨水
mòshuǐ
Translations for ink and their definitions
| 墨水 | |
| 1. n. prepared ink (in a liquid state, used in East Asian painting and calligraphy) | |
| 2. n. ink (of the Western variety) | |
| 鋼筆 沒 墨水兒r 啦。 - The fountain pen has used up its ink. | |
| 打印機 沒 墨水兒r 了。 - The printer has ran out of ink. | |
| 3. n. (figuratively) scholarly knowledge; erudition |
| 墨 | |
| 1. Chinese ink or ink in general | |
| 磨 墨 - to grind an inkstick (against an inkstone) | |
| 2. black; ink-coloured; dark | |
| 3. (historical) to tattoo the face (e.g. as a punishment in Ancient China) | |
| 4. (figurative) to embezzle | |
| 5. (figurative) someone's poetry, essays, handwriting, or paintings | |
| 6. (figurative) learning; knowledge | |
| 7. Short for 墨家, Mohism | |
| 8. Short for 墨西哥, Mexico | |
| 9. (Cantonese) Alternative form of 癦 (mole; nevus; pigmented spot on the skin) | |
| 10. Only used in 墨杘 | |
| 11. to slander |
| 墨汁 | |
| 1. n. prepared ink (in a liquid state, used in East Asian painting and calligraphy) |
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