| 拖人下水 | tuō rén xià shuǐ | lit. to pull sb into the water; fig. to involve sb in a messy business; to get sb into trouble |
| 排水渠 | pái shuǐ qú | drainage |
| 掬水 | jū shuǐ | to scoop up water |
| 提水工程 | tí shuǐ gōng chéng | project to raise low-lying water for irrigation purposes |
| 掺水 | chàn shuǐ | to dilute; to water down; watered down |
| 散水 | sàn shuǐ | apron (sloping brickwork to disperse water) |
| 文水 | Wén shuǐ | Wenshui county in Lüliang 吕梁[Lu:3 liang2], Shanxi 山西 |
| 文水县 | Wén shuǐ xiàn | Wenshui county in Lüliang 吕梁[Lu:3 liang2], Shanxi 山西 |
| 施华洛世奇水晶 | Shī huá luò shì qí shuǐ jīng | Swarovski crystal |
| 明水 | Míng shuǐ | Mingshui county in Suihua 绥化, Heilongjiang |
| 明水县 | Míng shuǐ xiàn | Mingshui county in Suihua 绥化, Heilongjiang |
| 暖水瓶 | nuǎn shuǐ píng | thermos flask or bottle |
| 曲水县 | Qǔ shuǐ xiàn | Qüxü county, Tibetan: Chu shur rdzong in Lhasa 拉萨, Tibet |
曾经沧海难为水，
除却巫山不是云 | céng jīng cāng hǎi nán wéi shuǐ ,
chú què Wū shān bù shì yún | there are no rivers to one who has crossed the ocean, and no clouds to one who has passed Mount Wu (idiom); one who has seen the world doesn't stop at small things |
| 有水 | yǒu shuǐ | supplied with water (of a house) |
| 杯水车薪 | bēi shuǐ chē xīn | lit. a cup of water on a burning cart of firewood (idiom); fig. an utterly inadequate measure |
| 柔情似水 | róu qíng sì shuǐ | tender and soft as water; deeply attached to sb |
| 柔肤水 | róu fū shuǐ | balancing lotion |
| 柞水 | Zhà shuǐ | Zhashui county in Shāngluò 商洛, Shǎnxī |
| 柞水县 | Zhà shuǐ xiàn | Zhashui county in Shāngluò 商洛, Shǎnxī |
| 椆水 | Chóu Shuǐ | old name of an unidentified river in Henan Province, mentioned by 庄子 |
| 橘子水 | jú zi shuǐ | orangeade; orange squash; CL:瓶,杯,罐,盒 |
| 柠檬水 | níng méng shuǐ | lemonade |
| 栉水母 | jié shuǐ mǔ | comb jellies (Ctenophora) |
| 武水 | Wǔ shuǐ | the Wu river in Hunan and Guangdong; formerly Shuang river 泷水 |
| 死水 | sǐ shuǐ | stagnant water; backwater |
| 毫米水银柱 | háo mǐ shuǐ yín zhù | millibar (unit of pressure) |
| 水上 | shuǐ shàng | on water; aquatic; Shuishang township in Chiayi county 嘉义县, west Taiwan |
| 水上摩托 | shuǐ shàng mó tuō | jet-ski |
| 水上运动 | shuǐ shàng yùn dòng | water sports; aquatic motion; movement over water |
| 水上乡 | Shuǐ shàng xiāng | Shuishang township in Chiayi county 嘉义县, west Taiwan |
| 水上飞机 | shuǐ shàng fēi jī | seaplane |
| 水下 | shuǐ xià | under the water; submarine |
| 水下核爆炸 | shuǐ xià hé bào zhà | nuclear underwater burst; underwater nuclear explosion |
| 水下核试验 | shuǐ xià hé shì yàn | underwater nuclear test |
| 水中捞月 | shuǐ zhōng lāo yuè | to fetch the moon out of the sea (idiom); a hopeless illusion |
| 水亮 | shuǐ liàng | moist and glossy; wet look (of lipstick) |
| 水仙花 | shuǐ xiān huā | daffodil; narcissus; CL:棵 |
| 水俣市 | Shuǐ yǔ shì | Mizumata City in Kumamoto prefecture, Kyūshū, Japan |
| 水俣病 | shuǐ yǔ bìng | Minamata disease (mercury poisoning found in Southern Japan in 1956) |
| 水冰 | shuǐ bīng | water ice (i.e. frozen H2O) |
| 水凼 | shuǐ dàng | pond |
| 水刑 | shuǐ xíng | water-boarding (torture) |
| 水刑逼供 | shuǐ xíng bī gòng | water-boarding, interrogation technique used by CIA |
| 水利家 | shuǐ lì jiā | water manager; hydraulic engineer |
| 水力学 | shuǐ lì xué | hydraulics |
| 水力发电站 | shuǐ lì fā diàn zhàn | hydroelectric power plant |
| 水力鼓风 | shuǐ lì gǔ fēng | hydraulic bellows; water-driven ventilation (for metal smelting furnace) |
| 水印 | shuǐ yìn | watermark |
| 水原 | Shuǐ yuán | Suweon City, capital of Gyeonggi province 京畿道, South Korea |
