水位
shuǐ wèi
Pinyin

Definition

水位
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shuǐ wèi
  1. water level

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

位
wèi
  1. 1 position
  2. 2 location
  3. 3 place
  4. 4 seat
  5. 5 classifier for people (honorific)
  6. 6 classifier for binary bits (e.g. 十六位 16-bit or 2 bytes)
  7. 7 (physics) potential
位置
wèi zhi
  1. 1 position
  2. 2 place
  3. 3 seat
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè]
各位
gè wèi
  1. 1 everybody
  2. 2 all (guests, colleagues etc)
  3. 3 all of you
单位
dān wèi
  1. 1 unit (of measure)
  2. 2 unit (group of people as a whole)
  3. 3 work unit (place of employment, esp. in the PRC prior to economic reform)
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè]
水
Shuǐ
  1. 1 surname Shui
水平
shuǐ píng
  1. 1 level (of achievement etc)
  2. 2 standard
  3. 3 horizontal
水果
shuǐ guǒ
  1. 1 fruit
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
水瓶座
Shuǐ píng zuò
  1. 1 Aquarius (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
一头雾水
yī tóu wù shuǐ
  1. 1 to be confused
  2. 2 to be baffled
上位
shàng wèi
  1. 1 seat of honor
  2. 2 person in a high-ranking position
  3. 3 to be promoted to a more senior role
  4. 4 (genetics) epistatic
下水
xià shuǐ
  1. 1 downstream
  2. 2 to go into the water
  3. 3 to put into water
  4. 4 to launch (a ship)
  5. 5 fig. to fall into bad ways
  6. 6 to lead astray
  7. 7 to go to pot
下水道
xià shuǐ dào
  1. 1 sewer
位子
wèi zi
  1. 1 place
  2. 2 seat
位于
wèi yú
  1. 1 to be located at
  2. 2 to be situated at
  3. 3 to lie
个位
gè wèi
  1. 1 the units place (or column) in the decimal system
价位
jià wèi
  1. 1 price level
全方位
quán fāng wèi
  1. 1 all around
  2. 2 omnidirectional
  3. 3 complete
  4. 4 holistic
  5. 5 comprehensive
冰水
bīng shuǐ
  1. 1 iced water
冷水
lěng shuǐ
  1. 1 cold water
  2. 2 unboiled water
  3. 3 fig. not yet ready (of plans)
到位
dào wèi
  1. 1 to get to the intended location
  2. 2 to be in place
  3. 3 to be in position
  4. 4 precise
  5. 5 well (done)

Idioms (20)

一清如水
yī qīng rú shuǐ
  1. 1 lit. as clear as water (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. (of officials etc) honest and incorruptible
一碗水端平
yī wǎn shuǐ duān píng
  1. 1 lit. to hold a bowl of water level (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to be impartial
一点水一个泡
yī diǎn shuǐ yī gè pào
  1. 1 honest and trustworthy (idiom)
三个和尚没水喝
sān gè hé shang méi shuǐ hē
  1. 1 lit. three monks have no water to drink (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. everybody's business is nobody's business
  3. 3 (If there is one monk, he will fetch water for himself. If there are two, they will fetch water together. But if there are three or more, none will take it upon himself to fetch water.)
不显山不露水
bù xiǎn shān bù lù shuǐ
  1. 1 lit. to not show the mountain and to not reveal the water (idiom); fig. to hide the key facts
人不可貌相，海水不可斗量
rén bù kě mào xiàng , hǎi shuǐ bù kě dǒu liáng
  1. 1 you can't judge a person by appearance, just as you can't measure the sea with a pint pot (idiom)
人位相宜
rén wèi xiāng yí
  1. 1 to be the right person for the job (idiom)
人往高处走，水往低处流
rén wǎng gāo chù zǒu , shuǐ wǎng dī chù liú
  1. 1 man seeks his way up just as water seeks its way down (idiom)
  2. 2 one should constantly strive to make progress
似水年华
sì shuǐ nián huá
  1. 1 fleeting years (idiom)
兵来将挡，水来土掩
bīng lái jiàng dǎng , shuǐ lái tǔ yǎn
  1. 1 counter soldiers with arms, water with an earth weir (idiom); different situations call for different action
  2. 2 to adopt measures appropriate to the actual situation
兵来将敌，水来土堰
bīng lái jiàng dí , shuǐ lái tǔ yàn
  1. 1 counter soldiers with arms, water with an earth weir (idiom); different situations call for different action
  2. 2 to adopt measures appropriate to the actual situation
出水芙蓉
chū shuǐ fú róng
  1. 1 as a lotus flower breaking the surface (idiom); surpassingly beautiful (of young lady's face or old gentleman's calligraphy)
加官进位
jiā guān jìn wèi
  1. 1 promotion in official post and salary raise (idiom)
十指不沾阳春水
shí zhǐ bù zhān yáng chūn shuǐ
  1. 1 to have no need to fend for oneself (idiom)
  2. 2 to lead a pampered life
半瓶水响叮当
bàn píng shuǐ xiǎng dīng dāng
  1. 1 lit. if you tap a half-empty bottle it makes a sound (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. empty vessels make the most noise
  3. 3 one who has a little knowledge likes to show off, but one who is truly knowledgeable is modest
吃水不忘掘井人
chī shuǐ bù wàng jué jǐng rén
  1. 1 Drinking the water of a well, one should never forget who dug it. (idiom)
各就各位
gè jiù gè wèi
  1. 1 (of the people in a group) to get into position (idiom)
  2. 2 (athletics) On your mark!
君子之交淡如水
jūn zǐ zhī jiāo dàn rú shuǐ
  1. 1 a gentleman's friendship, insipid as water (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuāng zǐ])
大水冲了龙王庙
dà shuǐ chōng le Lóng Wáng miào
  1. 1 lit. surging waters flooded the Dragon King temple (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to fail to recognize a familiar person
  3. 3 a dispute between close people who fail to recognize each other
如鱼得水
rú yú dé shuǐ
  1. 1 like a fish back in water (idiom); glad to be back in one's proper surroundings

Sample Sentences

只是，这次水位极高，最高达到一百五十六厘米。
zhǐshì ，zhè cì shuǐwèi jí gāo ，zuì gāo dádào yībǎi wǔshí liù límǐ 。
Except that this time the water level was extremely high, the highest was 156cm.
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意大利水城威尼斯受狂风暴雨影响，水位二十九日涨至近十年来最高位，城市四分之三沦为泽国。
Yìdàlì Shuǐchéng Wēinísī shòu kuángfēngbàoyǔ yǐngxiǎng ，shuǐwèi èrshíjiǔrì zhǎng zhì jìn shí nián lái zuì gāo wèi ，chéngshì sìfēnzhīsan lúnwéi zéguó 。
On the 29th, heavy winds and downpours caused the water level around Venice to rise to its highest level in almost a decade. More than three quarters of the city was inundated.
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按照他的说法，威尼斯平均一年有四次水位超过一百零九厘米。
ànzhào tā de shuōfǎ ，Wēinísī píngjūn yī nián yǒu sì cì shuǐwèi chāoguò yìbǎilíngjiǔ límǐ 。
According to him, the water level in Venice exceeds 109cm an average of 4 times a year.
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