Meaning of 凉水
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
- cool water
- unboiled water
How to use 凉水
凉水 means cold or cool water, and it often refers to tap water that has not been boiled, as opposed to 开水 (kāishuǐ) boiled water. It is common in everyday talk about drinking, washing, and health. Example: 别喝凉水，喝点儿热水吧。(Bié hē liángshuǐ, hē diǎnr rèshuǐ ba.) Don't drink cold water, have some hot water.
凉 (liáng) has the ice radical 冫 on the left, two drops of frost, so it means cool. Put it before 水 (shuǐ) water and you get cool water, water that has not been heated.
Common mistake: Learners often write 凉 with three water dots 氵 on the left, but it takes two dots 冫. The traditional form 涼 uses 氵, which adds to the confusion. Also, the shape 京 on the right is easy to mix up with 亮 or 景.
凉水 in example sentences
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凉 liáng · cool · 10 strokes
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水 shuǐ · water · 4 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 凉水.
| 水果 | shuǐguǒ | fruit |
| 水平 | shuǐpíng | horizontal; level; a standard; a level (of ability, development etc) |
| 凉快 | liángkuai | pleasantly cool (weather etc); to cool oneself; to cool off |
| 药水 | yàoshuǐ | medicine in liquid form; bottled medicine |
| 海水 | hǎishuǐ | seawater |
| 汽水 | qìshuǐ | soda pop; carbonated soft drink |
| 泪水 | lèishuǐ | teardrop; tears |
| 矿泉水 | kuàngquánshuǐ | mineral water |
| 开水 | kāishuǐ | boiled water; boiling water |
| 纯净水 | chúnjìngshuǐ | purified water |
| 雨水 | yǔshuǐ | rainwater; rainfall; rain |
| 水分 | shuǐfèn | moisture content; (fig.) overstatement; padding |
Questions about 凉水
What does 凉水 mean?
凉水 (liángshuǐ) means "cool water; unboiled water" and is used as a noun.
How do you write 凉水?
凉水 is made of 2 characters: 凉 (10 strokes), 水 (4 strokes). That is 14 strokes in total.
Is 凉水 an HSK word?
Yes. 凉水 is on the HSK 3 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
How is 凉水 written in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, 凉水 is written 涼水.
What is the difference between 凉水 and 冰水?
凉水 is cool or room temperature water, often unboiled tap water. 冰水 (bīngshuǐ) is ice water, water with ice in it or chilled very cold.
What does 泼冷水 mean, and can I say 泼凉水?
泼冷水 (pō lěngshuǐ) is an idiom meaning to pour cold water on someone's idea, to discourage them. People sometimes say 泼凉水 with the same meaning, but 泼冷水 is the standard form.