Sentence #462149 from Tatoeba · translation adapted
How 淡水 is built
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淡dàninsipid
氵water form of 水 · shuǐMeaning part
炎flame · yánSound part
氵 hints at the meaning (water); 炎 (yán) hints at the sound. Compare it with dàn.
水shuǐwater
水 is a single shape of 4 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.
Memory aidDrawn from flowing water.
How to write 淡水
淡 11 strokes · 水 4 strokes
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Stroke order chart for 淡水 (dànshuǐ). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.
淡水 (dànshuǐ) means “fresh water”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it dànshuǐ: dàn with a 4th tone, then shuǐ with a 3rd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 淡水 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type danshui with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 淡水 from the suggestions. Typing danshui into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
淡水 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.
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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.
淡dàn4th tone, falling
水shuǐ3rd tone, dipping
