排雷辊 mine roller / mine-clearing roller / roller 轮式工具柜 roller tool cabinet / roller cabinet / roller trolley 滚轮 滾輪 gǔn lún roller / rotating dial / (computer mouse) scroll wheel / (road roller) drum syn 溜冰鞋 liū bīng xié skating shoes / ice skates / roller skates / roller blades 滑旱冰 huá hàn bīng (roller)blading / roller skating / inline skating 碾 niǎn stone roller / roller and millstone / to grind / to crush / to husk syn 磙 gǔn roller / to level with a roller 砘 dùn (agriculture) to compact loose soil with a stone roller after sowing seeds / stone roller used for this purpose syn 三个和尚没水喝 三個和尚沒水喝 sān gè hé shang méi shuǐ hē lit. three monks have no water to drink (idiom) / fig. everybody's business is nobody's business / (If there is one monk, he will fetch water for himself. If there are two, they will fetch water together. But if there are three or more, none will take it upon himself to fetch water.) 清水 qīng shuǐ fresh water / drinking water / clear water 淡水 dàn shuǐ potable water (water with low salt content) / fresh water 积水 積水 jī shuǐ to collect water / to be covered with water / to pond / accumulated water / ponding syn 吃水 chī shuǐ drinking water / to obtain water (for daily needs) / to absorb water / draft (of ship) syn 水枪 水槍 shuǐ qiāng water pistol (toy) / water gun / sprinkler / water cannon 水渍 水漬 shuǐ zì water spot / water stain / wet spot / damp patch / water damage 轻水 輕水 qīng shuǐ light water (as opposed to heavy water) / see light water reactor 輕水反應堆|轻水反应堆 吸附水 xī fù shuǐ pellicular water / hygroscopic water / sorption water 蕹菜 wèng cài water spinach / ong choy / swamp cabbage / water convolvulus / water morning-glory / Ipomoea aquatica (botany) 非洲部长级水事理事会 African Ministerial Council on Water / African Ministers' Council on Water / African Ministerial Conference on Water 非洲部长级水事会议 African Ministerial Council on Water / African Ministers' Council on Water / African Ministerial Conference on Water 世界水设想－大家的共同事务 World Water Vision - Making Water Everybody's Business / World Water Vision 薄膜水 pellicular water / hygroscopic water / sorption water 罗拉 羅拉 luó lā roller (loanword) 压路机 壓路機 yā lù jī road roller syn 滚筒 滾筒 gǔn tǒng roller / cylinder (machine part) / drum 大起大落 dà qǐ dà luò (of market prices etc) to rapidly fluctuate (idiom) / volatile / significant ups and downs / roller coaster syn 过山车 過山車 guò shān chē roller coaster 轮滑 輪滑 lún huá roller skating 卷帘 捲簾 juǎn lián roller shutter / a blind 滚子 滾子 gǔn zi roller 卷帘门 捲帘門 juǎn lián mén roll-up door / roller shutter door 碾压 碾壓 niǎn yā to crush or compact (with a roller) / to run over (with a vehicle) / (fig.) to trounce / to wipe the floor with / to be far superior 签字笔 簽字筆 qiān zì bǐ felt-tip pen / roller ball pen / gel ink pen 轧辊 軋輥 zhá gǔn (steelmaking) roll / roller / CL:根[gen1] 旱冰 hàn bīng roller skating 碾子 niǎn zi roller (used for milling or crushing) syn 暴走鞋 bào zǒu xié Heelys (roller shoes with wheels protruding slightly from the heel) 轴 軸 zhóu axis / axle / spool (for thread) / roller (for scrolls) / classifier for calligraphy rolls etc syn 砣 tuó steelyard weight / stone roller / to polish jade with an emery wheel syn 碡 dú stone roller 碡 zhóu stone roller (for threshing grain, leveling ground etc) / Taiwan pr. [du2] 辊 輥 gǔn roller 磟 lù stone soil roller 溜旱冰 liū hàn bīng roller blading (sport) 滚子轴承 滾子軸承 gǔn zi zhóu chéng roller bearing 碾砣 niǎn tuó roller 轧场 軋場 yà cháng to roll with a stone roller / to thresh grain by rolling 轧染机 軋染機 yà rǎn jī pressure roller used in dyeing trough 轧道机 軋道機 yà dào jī road roller 发卷 髮捲 fà juǎn hair roller / curl (of hair) 云霄飞车 雲霄飛車 yún xiāo fēi chē roller coaster 辊式磨 輥式磨 roller mill 绷带卷 繃帶卷 roller bandage 振动压路机 振動壓路機 vibrator roller 石磙 shí gǔn stone roller syn 碌碡 liù zhou stone roller (for threshing grain, leveling ground etc) / Taiwan pr. [lu4 du2] syn 棕胸佛法僧 zōng xiōng fó fǎ sēng (bird species of China) Indochinese roller (Coracias affinis) 蓝胸佛法僧 藍胸佛法僧 lán xiōng fó fǎ sēng (bird species of China) European roller (Coracias garrulus) 滚筒刷 滾筒刷 gǔn tǒng shuā paint roller 砘子 dùn zi stone roller used to compact loose soil after sowing seeds 卷发筒 捲髮筒 juǎn fà tǒng hair roller 西棕胸佛法僧 xī zōng xiōng fó fǎ sēng (bird species) Indian roller (Coracias benghalensis) 灌水 guàn shuǐ to irrigate / to pour water into / to inject water into meat to increase its weight (plumping) / to cook the books / to post low-value messages (small talk etc) on Internet forums 水资源 水資源 shuǐ zī yuán water resources / drinking water 自来水 自來水 zì lái shuǐ running water / tap water 跳水 tiào shuǐ to dive (into water) / (sports) diving / to commit suicide by jumping into water / (fig.) (of stock prices etc) to fall dramatically 开水 開水 kāi shuǐ boiled water / boiling water syn 水源 shuǐ yuán water source / water supply / headwaters of a river syn 冷水 lěng shuǐ cold water / unboiled water / fig. not yet ready (of plans) syn 下水 xià shuǐ downstream / to go into the water / to put into water / to launch (a ship) / fig. to fall into bad ways / to lead astray / to go to pot syn 饮用水 飲用水 yǐn yòng shuǐ drinking water / potable water 水性 shuǐ xìng swimming ability / characteristics of a body of water (depth, currents etc) / aqueous / water-based (paint etc) 出水 chū shuǐ to discharge water / to appear out of the water / to break the surface 废水 廢水 fèi shuǐ waste water / drain water / effluent 进水 進水 jìn shuǐ to have water get in (one's ear, shoes etc) / to get flooded / inflow of water 滴水 dī shuǐ water drop / dripping water 饮水机 飲水機 yǐn shuǐ jī water dispenser / water cooler / drinking fountain 凉水 涼水 liáng shuǐ cool water / unboiled water syn 放水 fàng shuǐ to turn on the water / to let water out / (sports) to throw a game syn 净水 淨水 jìng shuǐ clean water / purified water 水陆 水陸 shuǐ lù water and land / by water and land (transport) / amphibian / delicacies from land and sea syn 取水 qǔ shuǐ water intake / to obtain water (from a well etc) 打水 dǎ shuǐ to draw water / to splash water 水表 shuǐ biǎo water meter / indicator of water level 引水 yǐn shuǐ to pilot a ship / to channel water / to draw water (for irrigation) syn 中水 zhōng shuǐ reclaimed water / recycled water 苦水 kǔ shuǐ bitter water (e.g. mineral water containing sulfates) / suffering / digestive fluids rising from stomach to the mouth / fig. bitter complaint syn 水土 shuǐ tǔ water and soil / surface water / natural environment (extended meaning) / climate 绿水 綠水 lǜ shuǐ green water / crystal-clear water syn 水柱 shuǐ zhù stream of water (as from a fountain or a faucet) / jet of water 上水 shàng shuǐ upper reaches (of a river) / to go upstream / to add some water / to water (a crop etc) syn 注水 zhù shuǐ to pour water into / to inject water into 烧水 燒水 shāo shuǐ to heat water / to boil water 浇花 澆花 jiāo huā to water the plants / to water the garden 水上运动 水上運動 shuǐ shàng yùn dòng water sports / aquatic motion / movement over water 菱角 líng jiǎo water caltrop or water chestnut (genus Trapa) syn 原水 yuán shuǐ raw water / unpurified water 泡饭 泡飯 pào fàn to soak cooked rice in soup or water / cooked rice reheated in boiling water 滑水 huá shuǐ water skiing / to water-ski 