两点水 (兩點水)
liǎng diǎn shuǐ
Pinyin

Definition

两点水 (兩點水)
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liǎng diǎn shuǐ
  1. name of "ice" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 15)
  2. see also 冫[bīng]

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

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 classifier: 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

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

Sample Sentences

哦，单人旁，双人旁，两点水，三点水，还挺形象的。
ò ，dānrénpáng ，shuāngrénpáng ，liǎngdiǎnshuǐ ，sāndiǎnshuǐ ，hái tǐng xíngxiàng de 。
Oh-- "single person," "double person," "two-dot ice," "three-dot water." And they're actually pretty good depictions.
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再看这个 “ 冰 ” 字，它的部首叫“两点水 ”。“ 酒 ”的部首呢，叫 “ 三点水 ”。
zài kàn zhè ge “ bīng ” zì ，tā de bùshǒu jiào “liǎngdiǎnshuǐ ”。“ jiǔ ”de bùshǒu ne ，jiào “ sāndiǎnshuǐ ”。
Now take a look at this character for "cold." The radical is called "two-dot ice." The radical in "alcohol”is "three-dot water."
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