喝水

hēshuǐ

to drink water

Wiktionary

Examples

你喝水吗？

Do you drink water?

Source: Tatoeba

你要喝水吗？

Do you want to drink some water?

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要多喝水喔！

Drink a lot of water!

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今天你喝水了吗？

Did you drink water today?

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我喝水因为我渴了。

I'm drinking water because I'm thirsty.

I drink water because I am thirsty.

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不喝水我咽不下这些药片。

I can't swallow these tablets without a drink of water.

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医生建议她多喝水，以免缺水。

The doctor suggested that she drink more water to keep from being dehydrated.

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Entry Composition

=1 喝 hē
  1. to drink
  2. variant of 嗬 hē
=1 喝 hè to shout
=2 水 Shuǐ surname Shui
=2 水 shuǐ
  1. water
  2. (after a name) ... River
  3. to swim (used mostly in 会水 huìshuǐ and 水性 shuǐxìng)
  4. (coll.) lacking in substance; shoddy
  5. (bound form) additional cost; extra income
  6. classifier for washings of a garment

Containing this entry

牛不喝水强按头 niúbùhēshuǐqiǎngàntóu
  1. lit. to try to make an ox drink by forcing its head down to the water (idiom)
  2. fig. to try to impose one's will on sb
牛不喝水难按角 niúbùhēshuǐnánànjiǎo (idiom) you can lead a horse to water but you cannot make it drink