| 眼药水 | yǎn yào shuǐ | eye lotion |
| 硅酸盐水泥 | guī suān yán shuǐ ní | Portland cement |
| 砚水壶儿 | yàn shuǐ húr | water container for an ink slab |
| 碧水苍天 | bì shuǐ cāng tiān | jade waters below and blue heavens above (idiom) |
| 矿水 | kuàng shuǐ | mineral water |
| 矿泉水 | kuàng quán shuǐ | mineral spring water; CL:瓶,杯 |
| 秀水 | Xiù shuǐ | Hsiushui township in Changhua county 彰化县, Taiwan |
| 秀水乡 | Xiù shuǐ xiāng | Hsiushui township in Changhua county 彰化县, Taiwan |
| 穷山恶水 | qióng shān è shuǐ | barren hills and treacherous rapids (idiom); inhospitable natural environment |
| 竹篮打水 | zhú lán dǎ shuǐ | using a wicker basket to draw water (idiom); wasted effort |
竹篮打水，
一场空 | zhú lán dǎ shuǐ ,
yī chǎng kōng | using a wicker basket to draw water (idiom); wasted effort |
| 节水 | jié shuǐ | to save water |
| 糖水 | táng shuǐ | syrup; sweetened water; tong sui (sweet soup) |
| 红墨水 | hóng mò shuǐ | red ink |
| 紫坪铺水库 | Zǐ píng pū shuǐ kù | Zipingpu reservoir, Sichuan |
| 紫水晶 | zǐ shuǐ jīng | amethyst |
| 细水长流 | xì shuǐ cháng liú | lit. thin streams flow forever; fig. economy will get you a long way; to work steadily at something little by little |
| 缺水 | quē shuǐ | water shortage |
| 置信水平 | zhì xìn shuǐ píng | confidence level (math.) |
| 罗水 | Luó shuǐ | name of a river, the northern tributary of Miluo river 汨罗江 |
| 羊水 | yáng shuǐ | amniotic fluid |
| 羊水穿刺 | yáng shuǐ chuān cì | amniocentesis (used in Taiwan) |
| 羼水 | chàn shuǐ | to mix with water (wine); to adulterate |
| 习水 | Xí shuǐ | Xishui county in Zun'yi 遵义, Guizhou |
| 习水县 | Xí shuǐ xiàn | Xishui county in Zun'yi 遵义, Guizhou |
| 耐水 | nài shuǐ | waterproof |
| 耐水性 | nài shuǐ xìng | waterproof |
| 圣水 | shèng shuǐ | holy water |
| 肥水不流外人田 | féi shuǐ bù liú wài rén tián | lit. don't let one's own fertile water flow into others' field; fig. keep the goodies within the family (proverb) |
| 育水 | Yù shuǐ | name of river; old name of Baihe 白河 in Henan |
| 肺水肿 | fèi shuǐ zhǒng | pulmonary edema |
| 背山临水 | bēi shān lín shuǐ | with back to the mountain and facing the water (favored location) |
| 背水一战 | bèi shuǐ yī zhàn | lit. fight with one's back to the river (idiom); fig. to fight to win or die |
| 脱水机 | tuō shuǐ jī | a device for extracting water (such as a centrifuge) |
| 脑水肿 | nǎo shuǐ zhǒng | hydrocephalus |
| 腹水 | fù shuǐ | ascites (med.) |
| 临海水土志 | Lín hǎi shuǐ tǔ zhì | Seaboard geographic gazetteer (c. 275) by Shen Ying 沈莹 |
| 自来水管 | zì lái shuǐ guǎn | water mains; service pipe; tap-water pipe |
| 舀水 | yǎo shuǐ | to bail (i.e. scoop water) |
| 舞水端里 | Mǔ shuǐ duān lǐ | Musudan-ri, North Korean rocket launch site in North Hamgyeong Province 咸镜北道 |
| 芙蓉出水 | fú róng chū shuǐ | lit. lotus rises from the water (idiom); fig. to blossom (of poem or art) |
| 芥子气水疱 | jiè zǐ qì shuǐ pào | mustard vesicle |
| 花露水 | huā lù shuǐ | perfumed toilet water; eau de cologne; floral water; hydrosol |
| 落水管 | luò shuǐ guǎn | drainpipe; water spout |
| 蓄水池 | xù shuǐ chí | water reservoir |
| 药水儿 | yào shuǐr | erhua variant of 药水, medicine in liquid form; bottled medicine; lotion |
| 苏打水 | sū dá shuǐ | soda water |
| 蜻蜓点水 | qīng tíng diǎn shuǐ | lit. the dragonfly touches the water lightly; superficial contact (idiom) |
| 融水苗族自治县 | Róng shuǐ Miáo zú zì zhì xiàn | Rongshui Miao autonomous county in Liuzhou 柳州, Guangxi |
| 蟹黄水 | xiè huáng shuǐ | crab roe; crab spawn; (used for crab meat in general) |
