放
水

To turn on the water in Chinese: 放水 (fàng shuǐ)

fàng shuǐ

to turn on the water

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-91 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1to turn on the water
  2. 2to let water out
  3. 3(sports) to throw a game

Stroke order

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放
水

Zhuyin

This word’s pronunciation in Bopomofo.

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ㄈㄤˋ

fàng

ㄈ/ fㄤ/ angˋ/ fourth tone

ㄕㄨㄟˇ

shuǐ

ㄕ/ shㄨ/ uㄟ/ eiˇ/ third tone

Example sentences

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  • 农民正在往田里放水。

    nóng mín zhèng zài wǎng tián lǐ fàng shuǐ。

    The farmers are letting water into the fields.

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Related words

水

shuǐ

water

放

fàng

to put

水果

shuǐ guǒ

fruit

放心

fàng xīn

to feel relieved

水平

shuǐ píng

level (of achievement etc)

放弃

fàng qì

to renounce

放松

fàng sōng

to relax

胶水

jiāo shuǐ

glue

解放

jiě fàng

to liberate

开放

kāi fàng

to bloom

放假

fàng jià

to have a holiday or vacation

放学

fàng xué

to dismiss students at the end of the school day

Appears in

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9 vocabulary list

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