Definition
排水 is a separable verb (离合词) meaning 'to drain water' — you can separate 排 from 水 when inserting complements, duration, or measure words: 排了半小时水 ('drained water for half an hour'), 排完水 ('finish draining'). It's used in plumbing, agriculture, and civil engineering contexts. As a compound it can also act as a noun in phrases like 排水系统 ('drainage system'), but its core use is verbal.
v.o.
to drain (water)to discharge water
Examples
- 排水。Bàoyǔ hòu gōngrén yòng bèng pái shuǐ.After the heavy rain, workers used pumps to drain the water.
- ，。Zhè kuài dì yǐjīng pái guò yí cì shuǐ le, háishì bùxíng.This field has been drained once, but it still doesn't work.
- 排水。Shèjìtú bìxū bāokuò pái shuǐ xìtǒng.The design drawings must include a drainage system.
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