Chinese word dictionary

凉水

liáng shuǐ · cool water; unboiled water

Practice word

Word information

Simplified凉水

Traditional涼水

Pinyinliáng shuǐ

Part of speechDictionary

HSK 3.0Not listed

HSK 2.0Not listed

Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

凉liáng

cool, cold; disheartened

水shuǐ

water

How to learn 凉水

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

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surname Shui; water; (after a name) ... River; to swim (used mostly in 會水|会水[hui4 shui3] and 水性[shui3 xing4]); (coll.) lacking in substance; shoddy; (bound form) additional cost; extra income; classifier for washings of a garment

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fruit; CL:個|个[ge4]

矿泉水kuàngquánshuǐ

mineral water; CL:瓶[ping2],杯[bei1]

凉快liángkuai

pleasantly cool (weather etc); to cool oneself; to cool off; (Tw) (slang) (of clothing) scanty; revealing; (coll.) to stay out of it; to butt out

水平shuǐpíng

horizontal; level; a standard; a level (of ability, development etc)

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