净水 (jìng shuǐ) — purified water; treated water

Definition

noun
purified watertreated water
Measure word · 杯
Easily confused

Examples

  • 净水。
    Zhè zhǒng jìng shuǐ kě yǐ zhí jiē yǐn yòng.
    This purified water can be drunk directly.
  • 净水。
    Gōng chǎng ān zhuāng le jìng shuǐ chǔ lǐ xì tǒng.
    The factory installed a water treatment system.
  • 净水。
    Tā men yòng jìng shuǐ lái jìn xíng shí yàn.
    They use purified water to conduct experiments.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

净jìngclean
水shuǐwater

Clean + water gives purified water.

Characters in this word

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

水 is a simple drawing of water flowing.

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