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Definition(s) for: 废水

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
废水 fèi shuǐ - waste water
- drain water
- effluent

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
- - 33,061 12,439 43,637

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
fèi- to abolish
- to abandon
- to abrogate
- to discard
- to depose
- to oust
- crippled
- abandoned
- waste
fèi- variant of 廢|废[fei4]
- disabled
shuǐ- surname Shui
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 废水

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
废水 - - 33,061 12,439 43,637