HSK 6 · Nature

水利 shuǐlì “water conservancy” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 水利 means

  1. water conservancy
  2. irrigation works

How to say 水利

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale水shuǐ3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale利lì4th tone, falling

水利 in a sentence

  1. 这个水利工程解决了很多村子的用水问题。

    Zhè ge shuǐlì gōngchéng jiějué le hěn duō cūnzi de yòng shuǐ wèntí.

    This water conservancy project solved the water supply problems of many villages.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 他大学学的是水利专业。

    Tā dàxué xué de shì shuǐlì zhuānyè.

    He studied water engineering at university.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 水利 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 水 (shuǐ) drawn as one shape
水shuǐwater

水 is a single shape of 4 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

Memory aidDrawn from flowing water.

The character 利 (lì) with each of its parts in a different colour
利lìsharp
  • 禾grain · hé
  • 刂knife form of 刀 · dāo

How to write 水利

水 4 strokes · 利 7 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

水利 (shuǐlì) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 水利 (shuǐlì). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 水利

Words with 水

水shuǐ · water水果shuǐguǒ · fruit水平shuǐpíng · level矿泉水kuàngquánshuǐ · mineral water开水kāishuǐ · boiled water胶水jiāoshuǐ · glue潜水qiánshuǐ · to dive薪水xīnshui · salary淡水dànshuǐ · fresh water洪水hóngshuǐ · flood

Words with 利

流利liúlì · fluent顺利shùnlì · smoothly胜利shènglì · victory利用lìyòng · to make use of有利yǒulì · advantageous利益lìyì · benefit利润lìrùn · profits利息lìxī · interest (on a loan)权利quánlì · right (an entitlement)便利biànlì · convenient

More words: Nature & Environment

盛开shèngkāi · to be in full bloom生态shēngtài · ecology生物shēngwù · living thing石油shíyóu · oil饲养sìyǎng · to raise台风táifēng · typhoon天然气tiānránqì · natural gas田野tiányě · fields

FAQs

水利 (shuǐlì) means “water conservancy” or “irrigation works”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it shuǐlì: shuǐ with a 3rd tone, then lì with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 水利 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type shuili with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 水利 from the suggestions. Typing shuili into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
水利 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.