水 shuǐ water / (after a name) ... River / to swim (used mostly in 會水|会水[hui4shui3] and 水性[shui3xing4]) / (coll.) lacking in substance / shoddy / (bound form) additional cost / extra income / classifier for washings of a garment syn 遇到 yù dào to meet / to run into / to come across syn 碰到 pèng dào to come across / to run into / to meet / to hit syn 游泳 yóu yǒng swimming / to swim syn 对面 對面 duì miàn (sitting) opposite / across (the street) / directly in front / to be face to face syn 相遇 xiāng yù to meet / to encounter / to come across syn 全场 全場 quán chǎng everyone present / the whole audience / across-the-board / unanimously / whole duration (of a competition or match) 飞越 飛越 fēi yuè to fly across / to fly over / to fly past / (literary) (of one's spirits) to soar 跨越 kuà yuè to step across / step over syn 偷渡 tōu dù illegal immigration / to stowaway (on a ship) / to steal across the international border / to run a blockade 横扫 橫掃 héng sǎo to sweep away / to sweep across syn 划破 劃破 huá pò to cut open / to rip / to streak across (lightning, meteor etc) / to pierce (scream, searchlight etc) 横跨 橫跨 héng kuà to span / to stretch across / to travel across syn 遇上 yù shàng to come across (sb) / to run into syn 掠过 掠過 lüè guò to flit across / to sweep past / to glance (strike at an angle) 相逢 xiāng féng to meet (by chance) / to come across syn 下海 xià hǎi to go out to sea / to enter the sea (to swim etc) / (fig.) to take the plunge (e.g. leave a secure job, or enter prostitution etc) 满脸 滿臉 mǎn liǎn across one's whole face syn 天马行空 天馬行空 tiān mǎ xíng kōng like a heavenly steed, soaring across the skies (idiom) / (of writing, calligraphy etc) bold and imaginative / unconstrained in style syn 横贯 橫貫 héng guàn horizontal traverse / to cut across / to cross transversally 游水 yóu shuǐ to swim syn 鹊桥 鵲橋 què qiáo magpie bridge across the Milky Way between Altair and Vega where Cowherd and Weaving maid 牛郎織女|牛郎织女 are allowed an annual meeting 笑逐颜开 笑逐顏開 xiào zhú yán kāi smile spread across the face (idiom) / beaming with pleasure / all smiles / joy written across one's face syn 一马平川 一馬平川 yī mǎ píng chuān flat land one could gallop straight across (idiom) / wide expanse of flat country syn 拦腰 攔腰 lán yāo (hitting) squarely in the middle / (slicing) across the middle / to hold by the waist syn 纵横驰骋 縱橫馳騁 zòng héng chí chěng to criss-cross / to run unhindered across the whole country syn 满面 滿面 mǎn miàn across one's whole face / (smiling) from ear to ear 划过 划過 huá guò (of a meteor etc) to streak across (the sky) / (of a searchlight, lightning etc) to play across (the sky) 回族 huí zú Hui Islamic ethnic group living across China 统考 統考 tǒng kǎo unified examination (e.g. across the country) 突厥 tū jué Turkic people, who lived across the Eurasian continent / (esp.) the Göktürks of medieval Inner Asia 可遇不可求 kě yù bù kě qiú can be discovered but not sought (idiom) / one can only come across such things serendipitously 汪道涵 wāng dào hán Wang Daohan (1915-2005), former president of the Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits 跨海大桥 跨海大橋 kuà hǎi dà qiáo bay bridge (elevated bridge across stretch of water) 横断 橫斷 héng duàn to cross (a road, an ocean etc) / to cut across 照壁 zhào bì a screen wall across the gate of a house (for privacy) syn 泳裤 泳褲 yǒng kù swim trunks 贺兰山 賀蘭山 hè lán shān Helan Mountains, lying across part of the border between Ningxia and Inner Mongolia 鱼肚 魚肚 yú dǔ fish maw / a food dish made from the swim bladder of fish 满堂红 滿堂紅 mǎn táng hóng success across the board / victory in everything one touches syn 横切 橫切 héng qiē to cut across / a horizontal cut 卧轨 臥軌 wò guǐ to lie across the railway tracks (to commit suicide or to prevent trains from getting through) 闪 閃 shǎn to dodge / to duck out of the way / to beat it / shaken (by a fall) / to sprain / to pull a muscle / lightning / spark / a flash / to flash (across one's mind) / to leave behind / (Internet slang) (of a display of affection) "dazzlingly" saccharine syn 串 chuàn to string together / to skewer / to connect wrongly / to gang up / to rove / string / bunch / skewer / classifier for things that are strung together, or in a bunch, or in a row: string of, bunch of, series of / to make a swift or abrupt linear movement (like a bead on an abacus) / to move across syn 跨 kuà to step across / to stride over / to straddle / to span syn 横 橫 héng horizontal / across / crosswise / horizontal stroke (in Chinese characters) / to place (sth) flat (on a surface) / to cross (a river, etc) / in a jumble / chaotic / (in fixed expressions) harsh and unreasonable / violent syn 泳 yǒng swimming / to swim 逢 féng to meet by chance / to come across / (of a calendar event) to come along / (of an event) to fall on (a particular day) / to fawn upon syn 涉 shè (literary) to wade across a body of water / (bound form) to experience / to undergo / to be involved / to concern syn 亘 亙 gèn extending all the way across / running all the way through 泅 qiú to swim (bound form) 怒形于色 怒形於色 nù xíng yú sè to betray anger (idiom) / fury written across one's face syn 拦河坝 攔河壩 lán hé bà a dam across a river 鱼鳔 魚鰾 yú biào swim bladder syn 跋 bá postscript / to trek across mountains syn 刎 wěn cut across (throat) syn 鳔 鰾 biào swim bladder / air bladder of fish syn 躐 liè step across syn 远渡重洋 遠渡重洋 yuǎn dù chóng yáng to travel across the oceans syn 隔岸观火 隔岸觀火 gé àn guān huǒ to watch the fires burning across the river / to delay entering the fray until all others have been exhausted by fighting amongst themselves (idiom) syn 通盘 通盤 tōng pán across the board / comprehensive / overall / global syn 扎猛子 zhā měng zi to swim with head submerged 与世俯仰 與世俯仰 yǔ shì fǔ yǎng to swim with the tide (idiom) 笐 gāng bamboos placed across wooden frames on which grain may be stored in damp climates 暴虎冯河 暴虎馮河 bào hǔ píng hé lit. fight tigers with one's bare hands and wade across raging rivers (idiom) / fig. to display foolhardy courage 狂三诈四 狂三詐四 kuáng sān zhà sì to deceive and swindle across the board (idiom) 转战千里 轉戰千里 zhuǎn zhàn qiān lǐ fighting everywhere over a thousand miles (idiom) / constant fighting across the country / never-ending struggle 游泳圈 yóu yǒng quān swim ring / swim tube / (fig.) (coll.) spare tire (roll of fat around the waist) 敔 yǔ percussion instrument shaped as a hollow wooden tiger, with serrated strip across the back, across which one runs a drumstick 泅游 泅遊 qiú yóu to swim 一条绳上的蚂蚱 一條繩上的螞蚱 yī tiáo shéng shàng de mà zha lit. grasshoppers tied together with a piece of string (idiom) / fig. people who are in it together for better or worse / people who will sink or swim together 泅水 qiú shuǐ to swim 凫水 鳧水 fú shuǐ to swim 不谙水性 不諳水性 bù ān shuǐ xìng to not know how to swim / to not be a strong swimmer 会水 會水 huì shuǐ to be able to swim 裸泳 luǒ yǒng to swim naked / to skinny-dip 海峡两岸关系协会 海峽兩岸關係協會 hǎi xiá liǎng àn guān xi xié huì PRC Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits (ARATS) 海协会 海協會 hǎi xié huì Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits (ARATS) / abbr. for 海峽兩岸關係協會|海峡两岸关系协会[Hai3 xia2 Liang3 an4 Guan1 xi5 Xie2 hui4] 横截 橫截 héng jié to cut across / cross-sectional / transverse 回族人 huí zú rén Hui person / member of Hui ethnic group living across China 对过 對過 duì guò across / opposite / the other side 弥封 彌封 mí fēng to sign across the seal (as a precaution against fraud) 怒容满面 怒容滿面 nù róng mǎn miàn scowling in anger / rage written across one's face 柳条边 柳條邊 liǔ tiáo biān Willow palisade across Liaoning, 17th century barrier 棕绷 棕繃 zōng bēng rectangular frame with a palm fiber mat woven across it (placed on a bed frame as the sleeping surface) 栈径 棧徑 zhàn jìng a plank road (built on trestles across the face of a cliff) 横尸遍野 橫屍遍野 héng shī biàn yě corpses are strewn across the field (typically after a battle) 横陈 橫陳 héng chén to lie in disarray / to cut across / to traverse 涉渡 shè dù to ford (a stream) / to wade across 满世界 滿世界 mǎn shì jiè everywhere / across the world 燕山 yān shān Yan mountain range across north Hebei 瓜达拉马 瓜達拉馬 guā dá lā mǎ Sierra de Guadarrama (mountain range across Iberia, passing north of Madrid) 瓜达拉马山 瓜達拉馬山 guā dá lā mǎ shān Sierra de Guadarrama (mountain range across Iberia, passing north of Madrid) 胸大肌 xiōng dà jī pectoralis major muscle (across the top of the chest) 贺兰山脉 賀蘭山脈 hè lán shān mài Helan Mountains, lying across part of the border between Ningxia and Inner Mongolia 逢俉 féng wú to come across sth scary / to have a fright 陈云林 陳雲林 chén yún lín Chen Yunlin (1941-), chairman of PRC Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits (ARATS) 海峽兩岸關係協會|海峡两岸关系协会[Hai3 xia2 Liang3 an4 Guan1 xi5 Xie2 hui4] (2008-2013) 驮筐 馱筐 tuó kuāng pannier / double basket slung across pack animal 驮篓 馱簍 tuó lǒu pannier / double basket slung across pack animal syn 