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Definition(s) for: 水土不服

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
水土不服 shuǐ tǔ bù fú - not acclimatized

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
- - 36,614 35,425 28,911

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
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
- Tu (ethnic group)
- surname Tu
- earth
- dust
- clay
- local
- indigenous
- crude opium
- unsophisticated
- one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]
- no; not so
- (bound form) not; un-
- clothes
- dress
- garment
- to serve (in the military, a prison sentence etc)
- to obey
- to be convinced (by an argument)
- to convince
- to admire
- to acclimatize
- to take (medicine)
- mourning clothes
- to wear mourning clothes
- classifier for medicine: dose
- Taiwan pr. [fu2]

Other Words Containing 水土不服

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Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
水土不服 - - 36,614 35,425 28,911