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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 饮水

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
饮水 yǐn shuǐ - drinking 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
- 9 18,927 8,710 11,612

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
yǐn- old variant of 飲|饮[yin3]
yǐn- to drink
yìn- to give (animals) water to drink
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 饮水

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
饮水 - 9 18,927 8,710 11,612
饮水器 - - 59,304 - -
饮水思源 - - 60,965 69,193 58,140