Pictographic: A river running between two banks; compare 川Radical:

meaning for shuǐ:

  • - water
  • - river
  • - liquid
  • - beverage
  • - additional charges or income
  • - (of clothes) classifier for number of washeslevel (of achievement etc)
  • - standard
  • - horizontalrain and snow
  • - precipitation (meteorology)water conservancy
  • - irrigation workscement
  • - Classifiers: 袋 deluge
  • - flood

háiyǒu还有
yīpíng一瓶
shuǐ

He still has a bottle of water.


qǐng
zài
shǐyòng使用
hòu
jìde记得
chōng
shuǐ

Please remember to flush the toilet after use.


xūyào需要
yīgè一个
píngzi瓶子
lái
zhuāng
shuǐ

I need a bottle to hold water.


xūyào需要
shuǐ
cáinéng才能
shēngcún生存

Fish need water to survive.


húlǐ湖里
de
shuǐ
hěnshēn很深

The water in the lake is very deep.