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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 上水
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 上水 | shàng shuǐ | - Sheung Shui (area in Hong Kong) |
| 上水 | shàng shuǐ | - upper reaches (of a river) - to go upstream - to add some water - to water (a crop etc) |
List Ranking:
Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.
| HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 56,254 | 31,036 | 26,945 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 上 | shǎng | - used in 上聲|上声[shang3 sheng1] |
| 上 | shàng | - (bound form) up; upper; above; previous - first (of multiple parts) - to climb; to get onto; to go up - to attend (class or university) - (directional complement) up - (noun suffix) on; above |
| 水 | shuǐ | - surname Shui |
| 水 | shuǐ | - water - (after a name) ... River - to swim (used mostly in 會水|会水[hui4shui3] and 水性[shui3xing4]) - (coll.) lacking in substance; shoddy - (bound form) additional cost; extra income - classifier for washings of a garment |
Other Words Containing 上水
Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.
| Word | HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 上水 | - | - | 56,254 | 31,036 | 26,945 |