饮用水 meaning in English

yǐnyòngshuǐ

drinking water; potable water

HSK 7-9nounTraditional 飲用水16 strokes

Meaning of 饮用水

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

yǐnyòngshuǐ
  1. drinking water; potable water

饮用水 in example sentences

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

饮yǐn用yòng水shuǐ中zhōng的de酸suān雨yǔ影yǐng响xiǎng人rén类lèi的de健jiàn康kāng。
Acid rain in drinking water affects human health.

Stroke order for each character

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

饮 yǐn · to swallow · 7 strokes

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用 yòng · to use · 5 strokes

  1. 1
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  5. 5

水 shuǐ · water · 4 strokes

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  3. 3
  4. 4

Related words

Words that share a character with 饮用水.

不用bùyòngneed not
有用yǒuyònguseful
水果shuǐguǒfruit
使用shǐyòngto use; to employ
作用zuòyòngto act on; to affect; action; function; activity
水平shuǐpínghorizontal; level; a standard; a level (of ability, development etc)
信用卡xìnyòngkǎcredit card
常用cháng yòngin common usage
药水yàoshuǐmedicine in liquid form; bottled medicine
利用lìyòngto exploit; to make use of
没用méiyònguseless
费用fèiyongcost; expenditure

Questions about 饮用水

What does 饮用水 mean?

饮用水 (yǐnyòngshuǐ) means "drinking water; potable water" and is used as a noun.

How do you write 饮用水?

饮用水 is made of 3 characters: 饮 (7 strokes), 用 (5 strokes), 水 (4 strokes). That is 16 strokes in total.

Is 饮用水 an HSK word?

Yes. 饮用水 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 饮用水 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 饮用水 is written 飲用水.