下水 xiàshuǐ to enter the water Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 下水 xià//shuǐ to enter the water verb + noun To go into the water; to enter water to swim or bathe 你甚至还没下过水。 nǐ shènzhì hái méi xià guo shuǐ. You haven't even been in the water yet. to release water noun To let water flow out for irrigation or drainage. downstream To travel downstream or with the current; moving in a downriver direction. to be led astray To take to wrongdoing or fall into bad ways; to be dragged into a shady or illegal activity. offal Animal entrails or viscera used as food; tripe and organ meats. to launch To move a newly built ship from the dock into the water. to pre-shrink To soak fabric or clothing in water to make it shrink before cutting or wearing Show rare definitions Hide rare definitions Frequency Movie subtitles 3.22 per million appears in 1% of films Written text 5.88 per million Cross-References Same as 上水 shàngshuǐReferenced by 中水 zhōngshuǐ Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
下水 xià//shuǐ to enter the water verb + noun To go into the water; to enter water to swim or bathe 你甚至还没下过水。 nǐ shènzhì hái méi xià guo shuǐ. You haven't even been in the water yet. to release water noun To let water flow out for irrigation or drainage. downstream To travel downstream or with the current; moving in a downriver direction. to be led astray To take to wrongdoing or fall into bad ways; to be dragged into a shady or illegal activity. offal Animal entrails or viscera used as food; tripe and organ meats. to launch To move a newly built ship from the dock into the water. to pre-shrink To soak fabric or clothing in water to make it shrink before cutting or wearing Show rare definitions Hide rare definitions Frequency Movie subtitles 3.22 per million appears in 1% of films Written text 5.88 per million Cross-References Same as 上水 shàngshuǐReferenced by 中水 zhōngshuǐ Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
