Meaning of 水库
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
- reservoir
Measure word: 座
How to use 水库
水库 refers to a man-made body of water, usually behind a dam, used for drinking water, irrigation, or power. It often appears in news and geography contexts. Example: 这个水库给全城供水。(Zhège shuǐkù gěi quán chéng gōngshuǐ.) This reservoir supplies water to the whole city.
水 (shuǐ) means water and 库 (kù) means a storehouse, like in 仓库 (cāngkù) warehouse. A 水库 is simply a storehouse for water: a reservoir.
Common mistake: Learners sometimes write 库 as 车 (chē) alone or confuse it with 裤 (kù, pants), which has the clothing radical 衤 on the left. Remember that 库 has 广 over 车, like a shed sheltering a cart.
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水 shuǐ · water · 4 strokes
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库 kù · warehouse · 7 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 水库.
| 水果 | shuǐguǒ | fruit |
| 水平 | shuǐpíng | horizontal; level; a standard; a level (of ability, development etc) |
| 药水 | yàoshuǐ | medicine in liquid form; bottled medicine |
| 凉水 | liángshuǐ | cool water; unboiled water |
| 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 水库
What does 水库 mean?
水库 (shuǐkù) means "reservoir" and is used as a noun.
How do you write 水库?
水库 is made of 2 characters: 水 (4 strokes), 库 (7 strokes). That is 11 strokes in total.
Is 水库 an HSK word?
Yes. 水库 is on the HSK 5 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
How is 水库 written in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, 水库 is written 水庫.
What is the difference between 水库 and 湖 (hú)?
湖 is a lake, usually natural. 水库 is built by people to store water, often by damming a river. Some reservoirs are called 湖 in their names, but the general word for a built one is 水库.
What measure word is used with 水库?
The common measure word is 座 (zuò), as in 一座水库 (yí zuò shuǐkù), one reservoir. 个 (gè) is also heard in casual speech.