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洪水
洪水 in English: deluge; flood
hóng shuǐ
deluge; flood
How to pronounce 洪水
hóng shuǐ (without tone marks: hong shui). hóng is a second (rising) tone; shuǐ is a third (low, dipping) tone.
Characters in 洪水
洪 hóng
flood; big; great
flood; big; great
水 shuǐ
water; (after a name) ... River; to swim (used mostly in 會水|会水[hui4 shui3] and 水性[shui3 xing4])
water; (after a name) ... River; to swim (used mostly in 會水|会水[hui4 shui3] and 水性[shui3 xing4])
Related words
| 水 | shuǐ | water | HSK 1 |
| 水果 | shuǐ guǒ | fruit | HSK 1 |
| 水平 | shuǐ píng | level (of achievement etc); standard | HSK 3 |
| 矿泉水 | kuàng quán shuǐ | mineral water | HSK 4 |
| 胶水 | jiāo shuǐ | glue | HSK 5 |
| 开水 | kāi shuǐ | boiled water; boiling water | HSK 5 |
| 淡水 | dàn shuǐ | potable water (water with low salt content); fresh water | HSK 6 |
| 墨水儿 | mò shuǐ r | erhua variant of 墨水; ink | HSK 6 |
| 潜水 | qián shuǐ | to dive; to go under water | HSK 6 |
| 水利 | shuǐ lì | water conservancy; irrigation works | HSK 6 |