水幕 shuǐ mù water screen (screen formed of sprayed water droplets, used for displaying projected images, for temperature control, or for air purification) 神位 shén wèi spirit tablet / ancestral tablet syn 墓志 墓誌 mù zhì inscribed stone tablet placed in a tomb / memorial inscription on such a tablet syn 灵牌 靈牌 líng pái spirit tablet / memorial tablet syn 长生禄位 長生祿位 cháng shēng lù wèi tablet in honor of a person who is still alive (or was alive when the tablet was created) 加热片 加熱片 heat tablet / fuel tablet 净水设备 jìng shuǐ shè bèi water purification equipment 逆渗透净水器 逆滲透淨水器 nì shèn tòu jìng shuǐ qì reverse osmosis water purification unit 水净化和装瓶厂 水凈化和裝瓶廠 water purification and bottling plant 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.) 禊 xì semiannual ceremony of purification 修禊 xiū xì to hold a semiannual ceremony of purification 净化武装部队特设委员会 Ad Hoc Commission on the Purification of the Armed Forces 电泳净化 diàn yǒng jìng huà electrophoretic purification 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 石碑 shí bēi stele / stone tablet (for inscription) / CL:方[fang1] syn 片剂 片劑 piān jì tablet 金榜 jīn bǎng (lit.) tablet with inscription in gold / (fig.) pass list for the top imperial examinations / roll of honor 药片 藥片 yào piàn a (medicine) pill or tablet / CL:片[pian4] 碑文 bēi wén inscription on a tablet syn 牌位 pái wèi memorial tablet syn 碑刻 bēi kè inscription on stone tablet 写字板 寫字板 xiě zì bǎn writing tablet / clipboard 灵位 靈位 líng wèi memorial tablet syn 碑记 碑記 bēi jì a record of events inscribed on a tablet syn 碑石 bēi shí stele / vertical stone tablet for carved inscriptions syn 拓片 tà piàn rubbings from a tablet 毓婷 yù tíng Yuting, trade name of an emergency birth control tablet containing the hormonal medication levonorgestrel 碑碣 bēi jié stone tablet (with inscription) syn 消炎片 xiāo yán piàn antipyretic tablet (to reduce fever), such as sulfanilamide 碑铭 碑銘 bēi míng inscription on stone tablet 无字碑 無字碑 wú zì bēi stone tablet without inscription / blank stele 额 額 é forehead / horizontal tablet or inscribed board / specified number or amount syn 牌 pái signboard / plaque / plate / tablet (CL:塊|块[kuai4]) / brand / trademark (CL:個|个[ge4]) / mahjong tile / domino / playing card (CL:張|张[zhang1]) / (bound form) fixed pattern for lyrics or set melody in classical poetry or music (used in 詞牌|词牌[ci2pai2] and 曲牌[qu3pai2]) syn 碑 bēi a monument / an upright stone tablet / stele / CL:塊|块[kuai4],面[mian4] syn 札 zhá thin piece of wood used a writing tablet (in ancient China) / a kind of official document (in former times) / letter / note / plague syn 璋 zhāng jade tablet used in ceremonies, shaped like the left or right half of a "gui" 圭[gui1], also given to male infants to play with 匾 biǎn horizontal rectangular inscribed tablet hung over a door or on a wall / shallow round woven bamboo basket syn 圭 guī jade tablet, square at the base and rounded or pointed at the top, held by the nobility at ceremonies / sundial / (ancient unit of volume) a tiny amount / a smidgen / a speck syn 碣 jié stone tablet syn 笏 hù (old) ceremonial tablet (held by officials at an audience) 祢 禰 mí memorial tablet in a temple commemorating a deceased father 椠 槧 qiàn wooden tablet / edition 砫 zhǔ ancestral tablet 牓 bǎng tablet / register 碑额 碑額 bēi é the top part of a tablet 玠 jiè jade tablet indicating rank 书板 書板 shū bǎn (writing) tablet 瓛 huán (old) jade tablet or scepter held by a duke at ceremonies 挽额 挽額 wǎn é elegiac tablet 横匾 橫匾 héng biǎn horizontal tablet (for an inscription) syn 横额 橫額 héng é horizontal tablet (for an inscription) 水底写字板 水底寫字板 shuǐ dǐ xiě zì bǎn underwater writing tablet 白碑 bái bēi stone tablet without inscription / blank stele 碑座 bēi zuò pedestal for stone tablet 碑志 碑誌 bēi zhì historical record inscribed on tablet syn 头牌 頭牌 tóu pái tablet announcing the name of leading actor in a theatrical production / by extension, the lead role 平板电脑 平板電腦 píng bǎn diàn nǎo tablet computer / CL:台[tai2] 鸦片片 鴉片片 opium tablet 舌下片 shé xià piàn sublingual tablet (medicine) 石敢当 石敢當 shí gǎn dāng stone tablet erected to ward off evil spirits 移动设备 移動設備 yí dòng shè bèi mobile device (smartphone, tablet, etc) 平板手机 平板手機 píng bǎn shǒu jī phablet (hybrid between a smart phone and a tablet) / CL:台[tai2] 片剂 片劑 piàn jì (pharmacology) tablet 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 