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溺水 meaning in English

nìshuǐ

to drown

17 strokes

Meaning of 溺水

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

nìshuǐ
  1. to drown

溺水 in example sentences

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

她tā差chà点diǎn就jiù溺nì水shuǐ了le。
She almost drowned.
他tā溺nì水shuǐ而ér亡wáng。
He drowned.
那nà个ge高gāo个gè少shào年nián救jiù了le溺nì水shuǐ儿ér童tóng。
That tall boy saved the drowning child.
他tā救jiù了le一yí个gè溺nì水shuǐ的de男nán孩hái。
He rescued a boy from drowning.
他tā把bǎ溺nì水shuǐ的de小xiǎo孩hái救jiù了le起qǐ来lái，但dàn是shì却què牺xī牲shēng了le自zì己jǐ的de生shēng命mìng。
He saved the drowning child at the cost of his own life.

Stroke order for each character

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溺 nì · to spoil · 13 strokes

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水 shuǐ · water · 4 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 溺水.

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 溺水

What does 溺水 mean?

溺水 (nìshuǐ) means "to drown".

How do you write 溺水?

溺水 is made of 2 characters: 溺 (13 strokes), 水 (4 strokes). That is 17 strokes in total.