缺水 meaning in English
water shortage; dehydration
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Meaning of 缺水
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
quēshuǐ
- water shortage
- dehydration
缺水 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
由于缺水，花园里所有的花都死了。
Due to the water shortage, all the flowers in the garden have died.
我们村不缺水。
Our village is not short of water.
医生建议她多喝水，以免缺水。
The doctor suggested that she drink more water to keep from being dehydrated.
由于缺水，许多植物干枯了。
Many plants withered due to lack of water.
鲜花因缺水而枯萎
The flowers withered for want of water.
Stroke order for each character
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缺 quē · deficiency · 10 strokes
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水 shuǐ · water · 4 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 缺水.
| 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 |
| 缺少 | quēshǎo | lack; shortage of |
| 缺点 | quēdiǎn | weak point; fault |
| 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 |
Questions about 缺水
What does 缺水 mean?
缺水 (quēshuǐ) means "water shortage; dehydration".
How do you write 缺水?
缺水 is made of 2 characters: 缺 (10 strokes), 水 (4 strokes). That is 14 strokes in total.