水性 (shuǐ xìng) — swimming ability; how well someone can swim or handle themselves in water; physical characteristics (depth, currents, etc.) of a body of water; (derogatory, of women) fickle, lascivious (from 水性杨花; outdated and offensive)

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• 他的水性很好，游到对岸都没问题。
  Tā de shuǐ xìng hěn hǎo, yóu dào duì àn dōu méi wèn tí.
  His swimming ability is excellent — he can swim to the other shore without any problem.
• 这片湖的水性很复杂，经常有暗流。
  Zhè piàn hú de shuǐ xìng hěn fù zá, jīng cháng yǒu àn liú.
  The water characteristics of this lake are very complex, often with undercurrents.
• 用水性来形容女性带有贬义，现代汉语中很少用了。
  Yòng shuǐ xìng lái xíng róng nǚ xìng dài yǒu biǎn yì, xiàn dài hàn yǔ zhōng hěn shǎo yòng le.
  Using '水性' to describe women is derogatory; it's rarely used in modern Chinese.