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. 導引水流。
  2. 船舶進出港口或在江河、內海一定區域內航行時，經由熟悉航道的人員或有駕駛船舶經驗的人引領進出，以確保船舶的航行安全。

重編國語辭典

  1. 引導水流
  2. 引導船隻進出港口或在內海、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 會水 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

引水入牆 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

駕艇 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