引水

yǐnshuǐ
  1. to pilot a ship
  2. to channel water
  3. to draw water (for irrigation)

CEDICT

  1. (Puxian Min, traditional Chinese medicine) to inflame, to infect
  2. (nautical) to pilot a ship (through difficult waters, or into or out of a harbor)
  3. to draw or channel water
  4. to inflame, to infect
  5. to pilot a ship (through difficult waters, or into or out of a harbor)

Wiktionary

  1. 导引水流。
  2. 船舶进出港口或在江河、内海一定区域内航行时，经由熟悉航道的人员或有驾驶船舶经验的人引领进出，以确保船舶的航行安全。

重編國語辭典

  1. 引导水流
  2. 引导船隻进出港口或在内海、江河中安全航行

維基詞典

Entry Composition

1 引 yǐn
  1. to draw (e.g. a bow)
  2. to pull
  3. to stretch sth
  4. to extend
  5. to lengthen
  6. to involve or implicate in
  7. to attract
  8. to lead
  9. to guide
  10. to leave
  11. to provide evidence or justification for
  12. old unit of distance equal to 10 丈 zhàng, one-thirtieth of a km or 33.33 meters
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

引水入墙 yǐnshuǐrùqiáng
  1. lit. to lead the water through the wall
  2. to ask for trouble (idiom)
引水工程 yǐnshuǐgōngchéng
  1. water-induction engineering
  2. irrigation engineering
引水人 yínshuǐrén

Related entries

驾艇 jiàtǐng
  1. to sail
  2. to cruise
  3. to pilot a ship
打水 dǎshuǐ
  1. to draw water
  2. to splash water
汲引 jíyǐn
  1. to draw water
  2. (fig.) to promote sb to a more senior position
汲水 jíshuǐ to draw water