供水 (gōng shuǐ) — to supply water; water supply (as a utility)

Definition

As a verb phrase, 供水 means to supply water (供 the action, 水 the thing). As a noun, it means the water supply — the system or service that delivers water to a city or building.

verb
to supply waterwater supply (as a utility)

Examples

  • 供水
    Zhè ge chéng shì de gōng shuǐ xì tǒng fēi cháng wán shàn.
    This city's water supply system is very well-developed.
  • Tíng shuǐ yì tiān hòu, zhōng yú gòng le shuǐ.
    After a one-day water outage, water was finally supplied.
  • Jīn nián xià tiān gòng le sān cì shuǐ, hái shì bú gòu yòng.
    Water was supplied three times this summer, but it still wasn't enough.

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