水 shuǐ
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shuǐ
noun
water
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: For example, in literary Chinese, 遠水不救近火 'distant water cannot extinguish a nearby fire', from Han Feizi's Shuo Lin Shang (DCP 'Y448'; GHC '水' 1; Kroll 2015 '水' 1, p. 425; Sun 2006, loc. 1377; Unihan '水') -
shuǐ
noun
Kangxi radical 85
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Radicals
Notes: (ABC back cover; GHC p. 7) -
shuǐ
noun
a river
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 河流 (Kroll 2015 '水' 3; Kroll 2015 '水' 2, p. 425) -
shuǐ
noun
liquid; lotion; juice
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '水' 1, p. 425; Unihan '水') -
shuǐ
noun
a flood
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 水灾 (Kroll 2015 '水' 2, p. 425; Kroll 2015 '水' 3) -
shuǐ
verb
to swim
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '水' 4, p. 425) -
shuǐ
noun
a body of water
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 水域 (GHC '水' 4) -
shuǐ
proper noun
Shui
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
Notes: (GHC '水' 6) -
shuǐ
noun
water element
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: One of the 五行 'five elements' of traditional Chinese thought (GHC '水' 5; Kroll 2015 '水' 1, p. 425; Sun 2006, loc. 1377) -
shuǐ
noun
water
Domain: Buddhism 佛教
Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: jala; Japanese: mizu, or: sui (BCSD '水', p. 702; DJBT '水', p. 433; MW 'jala'; SH '水', p. 159)
Contained in
- 一滴水 A Water Drop
- 云水僧(雲水僧) a wandering mendicant; a roaming monk
- 山高水长(山高水長) high as the mountain and long as the river; noble and far-reaching ; Lofty Mountains and Everflowing Water
- 搬柴运水明祖意 洗碗扫地悟禅心(搬柴運水明祖意 洗碗掃地悟禪心) Realize the Patriarch's intent through collecting wood and water; Attain the Chan mind through washing dishes and sweeping the ground.
- 明月一池水 清风万卷书(明月一池水 清風萬卷書) In a pond see the bright moon; In the cool breeze scroll through the books.
- 星云大师来台弘法五十年云水三千巡迴展(星雲大師來台弘法五十年雲水三千巡迴展) Cloud and Water: Venerable Master Hsing Yun's 50 Years of Dharma Propagation in Taiwan Exhibition Tour
- 如大海水因风波动(如大海水因風波動) like ocean waves stirred by the wind
- 慈悲三昧水忏(慈悲三昧水懺) Samadhi Water Repentance Service
- 绿水青山悟自心 松风明月观人情(綠水青山悟自心 松風明月觀人情) Discover your true mind in verdant waters and green mountains; Observe human sentiments amidst the pine, winds, and moon.
- 加持香水 to bless by sprinkling scented water
Also contained in
青绿山水 、 风水轮流 、 肥水 、 储水箱 、 跋山涉水 、 雨水 、 济水 、 水源 、 苏打水 、 流水号 、 耐水 、 渝水区 、 远水救不了近火 、 暖水瓶 、 水痘 、 水族 、 水土不服 、 滴水不羼 、 潜水者 、 肥水不落外人田 、 长流水,不断线 、 近水楼台先得月 、 吃水 、 陵水黎族自治县 、 二水货 、 取水 、 水马 、 盈盈一水 、 水渠 、 水果刀 、 水管工人 、 漏水转浑天仪 、 红药水 、 沔水 、 三点水 、 水蒲苇莺 、 水牛 、 贴水 、 透水 、 清水镇 、 潜水刀
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- Scroll 1 Yangjuemoluo Jing (Aṅgulimālīyasūtra) 央掘魔羅經 — count: 89 , has English translation , has parallel version
- Scroll 2 Si Fen Lu Shan Fan Bu Que Xingshi Chao 四分律刪繁補闕行事鈔 — count: 79
- Scroll 3 Mahāsaṅghikavinaya (Mohesengzhi Lu) 摩訶僧祇律 — count: 77
- Scroll 3 Si Fen Lu Shan Fan Bu Que Xingshi Chao 四分律刪繁補闕行事鈔 — count: 77
- Scroll 9 Hong Zhi Chan Shi Guang Lu 宏智禪師廣錄 — count: 69
- Scroll 2 Si Fen Lu Xingshi Chao Zi Chi Ji 四分律行事鈔資持記 — count: 69
- Scroll 27 The Large Sūtra on Perfection of Wisdom 大般若波羅蜜多經 — count: 68 , has parallel version
- Scroll 8 Hong Zhi Chan Shi Guang Lu 宏智禪師廣錄 — count: 61
- Scroll 4 Divine Spells and Great Dharanis Taught by the Seven Buddhas and Eight Bodhisattvas (Qi Fo Ba Pusa Suo Shuo Da Tuoluoni Shen Zhou Jing) 七佛八菩薩所說大陀羅尼神呪經 — count: 57 , has English translation
- Scroll 35 Mahāsaṅghikavinaya (Mohesengzhi Lu) 摩訶僧祇律 — count: 54
Collocations
- 大海水 (大海水) 去大金剛山不遠有大海水 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 18 — count: 25
- 水中 (水中) 以右手內著水中 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 3 — count: 14
- 水浇 (水澆) 譬如剎利水澆頭種 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 5 — count: 12
- 澡水 (澡水) 行澡水畢 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 2 — count: 11
- 水毕 (水畢) 行澡水畢 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 2 — count: 10
- 水令 (水令) 吹水令動 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 21 — count: 9
- 离水 (離水) 風吹離水 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 21 — count: 9
- 吹水 (吹水) 吹水令動 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 21 — count: 9
- 水转 (水轉) 其水轉減至無數百千萬由旬 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 21 — count: 7
- 讲道理水 (講道理水) 佉陀羅山中間有水 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 22 — count: 6