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滴水 meaning in English

dīshuǐ

water drop; dripping water

18 strokes

Meaning of 滴水

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

dīshuǐ
  1. water drop
  2. dripping water

滴水 in example sentences

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

滴dī水shuǐ穿chuān石shí，不bú是shì靠kào力lì量liàng，而ér是shì靠kào时shí间jiān。
A water drop hollows a stone not by force but by falling often.
没méi有yǒu剩shèng下xià一yī滴dī水shuǐ。
There's not a drop of water left.
滴dī水shuǐ穿chuān石shí。
Constant dripping wears away a stone.
一yī滴dī滴dī水shuǐ能néng聚jù成chéng湖hú泊pō。
Drop by drop, the water can conglomerate into a lake.
水shuǐ龙lóng头tóu在zài滴dī水shuǐ。
The tap is dripping.

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滴 dī · to drip · 14 strokes

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水 shuǐ · water · 4 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 滴水.

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 滴水

What does 滴水 mean?

滴水 (dīshuǐ) means "water drop; dripping water".

How do you write 滴水?

滴水 is made of 2 characters: 滴 (14 strokes), 水 (4 strokes). That is 18 strokes in total.