shuǐ

surname Shui; Shui ethnic group

Watch it being written

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Build with these blocks

Chinese words snap together like bricks. Every word below shares a character with this one, so you are already halfway to knowing it.

See it in sentences

我想喝水。

I want to drink water.

给我一点儿水。

Give me a little water.