水 shuǐ
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 水 — water, liquid, lotion, juice
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
水土
shuǐtǔ
water and soil; local environment
Characters in this word
土 tǔ
- Strokes
- 3
- Radical
- 土 — soil, earth
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 我刚到南方生活，头几天有点儿水土不服。 Wǒ gāng dào nánfāng shēnghuó, tóu jǐ tiān yǒudiǎnr shuǐtǔbùfú. I had just moved to the south, and for the first few days I struggled to adapt to the new conditions.
- 医生说出门旅行要小心饮食，以免水土不服。 Yīshēng shuō chūmén lǚxíng yào xiǎoxīn yǐnshí, yǐmiǎn shuǐtǔbùfú. The doctor said to be careful with food while traveling, to avoid falling ill from the change of environment.
- 他刚到高原那几天水土不服，什么都吃不下。 Tā gāng dào gāoyuán nà jǐ tiān shuǐtǔbùfú, shénme dōu chī bu xià. For the first few days on the plateau he could not adjust and couldn't eat anything.