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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 饮用水

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
饮用水 yǐn yòng shuǐ - drinking water; potable 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 20,765 13,237 32,300

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
yǐn- old variant of 飲|饮[yin3]
yǐn- to drink
yìn- to give (animals) water to drink
yòng- to use; to make use of; to employ
- (coverb) with; using
- to need; to have to (usu. used in the negative or in questions)
- usefulness; utility
- (bound form) expense; outlay
- (courteous) to eat; to drink
- (literary) hence; therefore
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 饮用水

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
饮用水 - 9 20,765 13,237 32,300