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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 死水

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
死水 sǐ shuǐ - stagnant water
- backwater

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
- - 36,899 45,288 39,269

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
- to die
- impassable
- uncrossable
- inflexible
- rigid
- extremely
- damned
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 死水

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
死水 - - 36,899 45,288 39,269
一潭死水 - - 75,872 61,681 35,608