Definition
供水 is a separable verb (离合词) meaning to supply water. The verb 供 and the noun 水 can split when you insert aspect markers (了, 过), measure words, or duration — for example, 供了水 ('supplied water') or 供过一次水 ('supplied water once'). It's commonly used in contexts like urban water supply (城市供水) or water supply systems (供水系统).
v.o.
to supply waterwater supply (as a utility)
Examples
- 供水。Zhège chéngshì de gōng shuǐ xìtǒng fēicháng wánshàn.This city's water supply system is very well-developed.
- ，。Tíng shuǐ yì tiān hòu, zhōngyú gōng le shuǐ.After a one-day water outage, water was finally supplied.
- ，。Jīnnián xiàtiān gōng le sān cì shuǐ, háishì bú gòu yòng.Water was supplied three times this summer, but it still wasn't enough.
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