Meaning of 矿泉水
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
- mineral water
Measure word: 瓶,杯
How to use 矿泉水
In everyday China, 矿泉水 is the common word for bottled drinking water, not only fancy mineral water. You will hear it in shops, restaurants and on trains. Example: 请给我一瓶矿泉水。(Qǐng gěi wǒ yì píng kuàngquánshuǐ.) Please give me a bottle of mineral water.
Break it into three parts: 矿 (kuàng) mine or mineral, 泉 (quán) spring, and 水 (shuǐ) water. Water from a spring that picks up minerals from the rocks is mineral water.
Common mistake: Learners often say kuāng or kuǎng, but 矿 is fourth tone, kuàng. Also do not confuse 泉 (quán, spring) with 全 (quán, whole). They sound the same, but 泉 has 白 on top of 水.
矿泉水 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
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矿 kuàng · mineral deposit · 8 strokes
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泉 quán · spring · 9 strokes
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水 shuǐ · water · 4 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 矿泉水.
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 胶水 | jiāoshuǐ | glue |
Questions about 矿泉水
What does 矿泉水 mean?
矿泉水 (kuàngquánshuǐ) means "mineral water" and is used as a noun.
How do you write 矿泉水?
矿泉水 is made of 3 characters: 矿 (8 strokes), 泉 (9 strokes), 水 (4 strokes). That is 21 strokes in total.
Is 矿泉水 an HSK word?
Yes. 矿泉水 is on the HSK 4 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
How is 矿泉水 written in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, 矿泉水 is written 礦泉水.
What measure word goes with 矿泉水?
Use 瓶 (píng) for a bottle, as in 两瓶矿泉水 (liǎng píng kuàngquánshuǐ), two bottles of water. For a cup, use 杯 (bēi).
What is the difference between 矿泉水 and 纯净水?
矿泉水 is mineral water from a natural source. 纯净水 (chúnjìngshuǐ) is purified water with the minerals removed. In casual speech, many people just say 矿泉水 for any bottled water.