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淡水 meaning in English

dànshuǐ

freshwater

15 strokes

Meaning of 淡水

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

dànshuǐ
  1. freshwater
Dànshuǐ
  1. Tamsui or Danshui, district of New Taipei City 新北市[Xin1 bei3 shi4], Taiwan

淡水 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

我wǒ肯kěn定dìng这zhè是shì淡dàn水shuǐ鱼yú。
I'm sure that this is a fresh water fish.
我wǒ相xiāng信xìn这zhè条tiáo鱼yú是shì淡dàn水shuǐ鱼yú。
I believe this fish is a freshwater fish.
通tōng过guò这zhè个ge装zhuāng置zhì有yǒu可kě能néng把bǎ海hǎi水shuǐ变biàn成chéng淡dàn水shuǐ。
Using this device it's possible to turn ocean water into freshwater.
有yǒu了le这zhè个ge装zhuāng置zhì，把bǎ海hǎi水shuǐ净jìng化huà成chéng淡dàn水shuǐ就jiù不bú是shì难nán事shì了le。
This device made it possible to turn sea-water into fresh water easily.
三sān文wén鱼yú在zài淡dàn水shuǐ中zhōng产chǎn卵luǎn。
Salmon lay their eggs in fresh water.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

淡 dàn · insipid · 11 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8
  9. 9
  10. 10
  11. 11

水 shuǐ · water · 4 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4

Related words

Words that share a character with 淡水.

水果shuǐguǒfruit
水平shuǐpínghorizontal; level; a standard; a level (of ability, development etc)
药水yàoshuǐmedicine in liquid form; bottled medicine
凉水liángshuǐcool water; unboiled water
海水hǎishuǐseawater
汽水qìshuǐsoda pop; carbonated soft drink
泪水lèishuǐteardrop; tears
矿泉水kuàngquánshuǐmineral water
开水kāishuǐboiled water; boiling water
纯净水chúnjìngshuǐpurified water
雨水yǔshuǐrainwater; rainfall; rain
水分shuǐfènmoisture content; (fig.) overstatement; padding

Questions about 淡水

What does 淡水 mean?

淡水 (dànshuǐ) means "freshwater".

How do you write 淡水?

淡水 is made of 2 characters: 淡 (11 strokes), 水 (4 strokes). That is 15 strokes in total.