淡 dàn
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 氵 — water
- Made of
- 氵 water 炎 flame, blaze
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
淡水
dànshuǐ
fresh water
Characters in this word
水 shuǐ
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 水 — water, liquid, lotion, juice
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 全球可直接利用的淡水资源远比许多人想象的稀缺。 Quánqiú kě zhíjiē lìyòng de dànshuǐ zīyuán yuǎn bǐ xǔduō rén xiǎngxiàng de xīquē. The world's directly usable freshwater resources are far scarcer than many people imagine.
- 这条河里是淡水，里面生活着很多小鱼。 Zhè tiáo hé lǐ shì dànshuǐ, lǐmiàn shēnghuó zhe hěn duō xiǎo yú. The river holds fresh water, and many small fish live in it.
- 出海的时候，船上要带足够的淡水。 Chūhǎi de shíhou, chuán shàng yào dài zúgòu de dànshuǐ. When going out to sea, the boat has to carry enough fresh water.
Related words
- 淡 dàn weak; bland
- 清淡 qīngdàn light, mild
- 淡化 dànhuà to play down; to dilute; to weaken
- 淡季 dànjì off-season; slack season
- 冷淡 lěngdàn cold; indifferent; to treat coldly
- 平淡 píngdàn plain; dull; uneventful
- 水 shuǐ water
- 水果 shuǐguǒ fruit
- 水平 shuǐpíng level
- 药水 yàoshuǐ liquid medicine
- 凉水 liángshuǐ cold water
- 纯净水 chúnjìngshuǐ purified water