水

surname Shui

water / river / liquid / beverage / additional charges or income / (of clothes) classifier for number of washes

radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 4) / see 撇[pie3]

"vertical stroke with hook" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 6) / see also 豎鉤|竖钩[shu4 gou1]

Right-falling stroke

Character component without intrinsic meaning

ten thousand crags and torrents (idiom); the trials and tribulations of a long journey / a long and difficult road

a pool of stagnant water / stagnant or listless condition

lit. as clear as water (idiom) / fig. (of officials etc) honest and incorruptible

lit. to hold a bowl of water level (idiom) / fig. to be impartial

(separated only by) a narrow strip of water

one-night stand / ephemeral

to be confused / to be baffled

honest and trustworthy (idiom)

see 三個和尚沒水喝|三个和尚没水喝[san1 ge4 he2 shang5 mei2 shui3 he1]

lit. three monks have no water to drink (idiom) / fig. everybody's business is nobody's business / (If there is one monk, he will fetch water for himself. If there are two, they will fetch water together. But if there are three or more, none will take it upon himself to fetch water.)

(coll.) of the same type / identical