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Definition(s) for: 淡水

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
淡水 dàn shuǐ - Tamsui or Danshui, district of New Taipei City 新北市[Xin1 bei3 shi4], Taiwan
淡水 dàn shuǐ - potable water (water with low salt content)
- fresh water

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
6 - 20,600 15,463 19,732

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
dàn- insipid
- diluted
- weak
- mild
- light in color
- tasteless
- indifferent
- (variant of 氮[dan4]) nitrogen
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 淡水

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
淡水 6 - 20,600 15,463 19,732
淡水鱼 - - 52,640 45,561 59,464
淡水湖 - - 53,082 61,403 41,530