赛车 賽車 sài chē auto race / cycle race / race car syn 循环 循環 xún huán to cycle / to circulate / circle / loop syn 水源 shuǐ yuán water source / water supply / headwaters of a river syn 周期 週期 zhōu qī period / cycle 人道 rén dào human sympathy / humanitarianism / humane / the "human way", one of the stages in the cycle of reincarnation (Buddhism) / sexual intercourse syn 冷水 lěng shuǐ cold water / unboiled water / fig. not yet ready (of plans) syn 自来水 自來水 zì lái shuǐ running water / tap water 甲子 jiǎ zǐ first year of the sixty-year cycle (where each year is numbered with one of the 10 heavenly stems 天干[tian1 gan1] and one of the 12 earthly branches 地支[di4 zhi1]) / the sixty-year cycle 轮回 輪迴 lún huí to reincarnate / reincarnation (Buddhism) / (of the seasons etc) to follow each other cyclically / cycle / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 清水 qīng shuǐ fresh water / drinking water / clear water 放水 fàng shuǐ to turn on the water / to let water out / (sports) to throw a game syn 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 淡水 dàn shuǐ potable water (water with low salt content) / fresh water 饮用水 飲用水 yǐn yòng shuǐ drinking water / potable water 水枪 水槍 shuǐ qiāng water pistol (toy) / water gun / sprinkler / water cannon 开水 開水 kāi shuǐ boiled water / boiling water syn 转轮 轉輪 zhuàn lún rotating disk / wheel / rotor / cycle of reincarnation in Buddhism 水性 shuǐ xìng swimming ability / characteristics of a body of water (depth, currents etc) / aqueous / water-based (paint etc) 积水 積水 jī shuǐ to collect water / to be covered with water / to pond / accumulated water / ponding syn 注水 zhù shuǐ to pour water into / to inject water into 取水 qǔ shuǐ water intake / to obtain water (from a well etc) 凉水 涼水 liáng shuǐ cool water / unboiled water syn 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 废水 廢水 fèi shuǐ waste water / drain water / effluent 水资源 水資源 shuǐ zī yuán water resources / drinking water 周而复始 週而復始 zhōu ér fù shǐ lit. the cycle comes back to the start (idiom) / to move in circles / the wheel comes full circle syn 滴水 dī shuǐ water drop / dripping water 净水 淨水 jìng shuǐ clean water / purified water 浸水 jìn shuǐ to immerse in water / to drench / to inundate / irrigation water 水土 shuǐ tǔ water and soil / surface water / natural environment (extended meaning) / climate 吃水 chī shuǐ drinking water / to obtain water (for daily needs) / to absorb water / draft (of ship) syn 赛车场 賽車場 sài chē chǎng motor racetrack / cycle racetrack 乙巳 yǐ sì forty-second year B6 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1965 or 2025 水陆 水陸 shuǐ lù water and land / by water and land (transport) / amphibian / delicacies from land and sea syn 绿水 綠水 lǜ shuǐ green water / crystal-clear water syn 上水 shàng shuǐ upper reaches (of a river) / to go upstream / to add some water / to water (a crop etc) syn 周波 zhōu bō cycle (physics) 花甲 huā jiǎ complete sexagenary cycle / a 60 year-old person / passage of time 泡饭 泡飯 pào fàn to soak cooked rice in soup or water / cooked rice reheated in boiling water 水柱 shuǐ zhù stream of water (as from a fountain or a faucet) / jet of water 安全期 ān quán qī safe period / safe days of a woman's menstrual cycle (low risk of conception) 癸亥 guǐ hài sixtieth year J12 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1983 or 2043 乙未 yǐ wèi thirty-second year B8 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1955 or 2015 壬辰 rén chén twenty-ninth year I5 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2012 or 2072 花露水 huā lù shuǐ perfumed toilet water / eau de cologne / floral water / hydrosol syn 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 一周 yī zhōu one week / all the way around / a whole cycle 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 排量 pái liàng discharge volume / engine capacity / engine displacement (volume of air fuel mixture drawn in during one cycle) 出水 chū shuǐ to discharge water / to appear out of the water / to break the surface 进水 進水 jìn shuǐ to have water get in (one's ear, shoes etc) / to get flooded / inflow of water 生命周期 生命週期 shēng mìng zhōu qī life cycle 饮水机 飲水機 yǐn shuǐ jī water dispenser / water cooler / drinking fountain 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 乙酉 yǐ yǒu twenty-second year B10 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2005 or 2065 丙戌 bǐng xū twenty-third year C11 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2006 or 2066 甲午 jiǎ wǔ thirty-first year A7 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1954 or 2014 套数 套數 tào shù song cycle in Chinese opera / (fig.) a series of tricks / polite remarks / number of (things that are counted in 套[tao4], like houses) syn 戊戌 wù xū thirty-fifth year E11 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1958 or 2018 本命年 běn mìng nián year of one's birth sign, according to the cycle of 12 animals of the earthly branches 地支[di4 zhi1] 甲申 jiǎ shēn 21st year A9 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2004 or 2064 庚子 gēng zǐ 37th year G1 of the 60-year cycle, e.g. 1960 or 2020 辛亥 xīn hài forty-eighth year H12 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1971 or 2031 / cf 辛亥革命[Xin1 hai4 Ge2 ming4], Xinhai Revolution of 1911 干支 gān zhī the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] and twelve earthly branches 十二枝 / sexagenary cycle 庚辰 gēng chén seventeenth year G5 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2000 or 2060 丁卯 dīng mǎo fourth year D4 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1987 or 2047 壬午 rén wǔ nineteenth year I7 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2002 or 2062 甲戌 jiǎ xū eleventh year A11 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1994 or 2054 辛酉 xīn yǒu fifty-eighth year H10 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1981 or 2041 丙子 bǐng zǐ thirteenth year C1 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1996 or 2056 壬申 rén shēn ninth year I9 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1992 or 2052 属相 屬相 shǔ xiàng colloquial term for 生肖[sheng1 xiao4] the animals associated with the years of a 12-year cycle syn 庚午 gēng wǔ seventh year G7 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1990 or 2050 癸未 guǐ wèi twentieth year J8 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2003 or 2063 戊辰 wù chén fifth year E5 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1988 or 2048 庚申 gēng shēn fifty-seventh year G9 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1980 or 2040 丁丑 dīng chǒu fourteenth year D2 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1997 or 2057 戊寅 wù yín fifteenth year E3 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1998 or 2058 丙寅 bǐng yín third year C3 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1986 or 2046 甲寅 jiǎ yín 51st year A3 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1974 or 2034 辛未 xīn wèi eight year H8 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1991 or 2051 己卯 jǐ mǎo sixteenth year F4 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1999 or 2059 辛丑 xīn chǒu thirty-eighth year H2 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1961 or 2021 / cf 辛丑條約|辛丑条约, Protocol of Beijing of 1901 ending the 8-nation intervention after the Boxer uprising 壬戌 rén xū fifty-ninth year I11 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1982 or 2042 烧水 燒水 shāo shuǐ to heat water / to boil water 癸酉 guǐ yǒu tenth year J10 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1993 or 2053 戊午 wù wǔ fifty-fifth year E7 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1978 or 2038 丁亥 dīng hài twenty-fourth year D12 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2007 or 2067 辛巳 xīn sì eighteenth year H6 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2001 or 2061 己巳 jǐ sì sixth year F6 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1989 or 2049 乙亥 yǐ hài twelfth year B12 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1995 or 2055 甲辰 jiǎ chén 41st year A5 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1964 or 2024 丙辰 bǐng chén fifty-third year C5 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1976 or 2036 庚寅 gēng yín twenty-seventh year G3 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2010 or 2070 乙丑 yǐ chǒu second year B2 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1985 or 2045 乙卯 yǐ mǎo fifty-second year B4 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1975 or 2035 