| 不显山不露水 | bù xiǎn shān bù lù shuǐ | lit. to not show the mountain and to not reveal the water (idiom); fig. to hide the key facts |
| 中度性肺水肿 | zhōng dù xìng fèi shuǐ zhǒng | toxic pulmonary edema |
| 二水 | Èr shuǐ | Erhshui township in Changhua county 彰化县, Taiwan |
| 二水货 | èr shuǐ huò | used goods; second hand goods |
| 二水乡 | Èr shuǐ xiāng | Erhshui township in Changhua county 彰化县, Taiwan |
| 井水不犯河水 | jǐng shuǐ bù fàn hé shuǐ | everyone minds their own business |
人不可貌相，
海水不可斗量 | rén bù kě mào xiàng ,
hǎi shuǐ bù kě dǒu liàng | you can't judge a person by appearance, just as you can't measure the sea with a pint pot (idiom) |
| 供水 | gōng shuǐ | to supply water |
| 依山傍水 | yī shān bàng shuǐ | mountains on one side and water on the other |
| 修水利 | xiū shuǐ lì | water conservancy; irrigation works |
| 修水县 | Xiū shuǐ xiàn | Xiushui county in Jiujiang 九江, Jiangxi |
| 倒苦水 | dào kǔ shuǐ | to pour out one's grievances |
| 储水 | chǔ shuǐ | to store water |
| 储水管 | chǔ shuǐ guǎn | standpipe (fire-fighting water storage system for a building) |
| 储水箱 | chǔ shuǐ xiāng | water-storage tank |
| 先进水平 | xiān jìn shuǐ píng | advanced level |
| 两点水 | liǎng diǎn shuǐ | name of "ice" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 15); see also 冫 |
| 六盘水 | Liù pán shuǐ | Liupanshui prefecture level city in west Guizhou 贵州 |
| 六盘水市 | Liù pán shuǐ shì | Liupanshui prefecture level city in Guizhou 贵州 |
兵来将挡，
水来土掩 | bīng lái jiāng dǎng ,
shuǐ lái tǔ yǎn | counter soldiers with arms, water with an earth weir (idiom); different situations call for different action; adopt measures appropriate to the actual situation |
兵来将敌，
水来土堰 | bīng lái jiàng dí ,
shuǐ lái tǔ yàn | counter soldiers with arms, water with an earth weir (idiom); different situations call for different action; adopt measures appropriate to the actual situation |
| 冰水 | bīng shuǐ | iced water |
| 冷却水 | lěng què shuǐ | cooling water (in a reactor) |
| 冷水机组 | lěng shuǐ jī zǔ | chiller |
| 冷水江 | Lěng shuǐ jiāng | Lengshuijiang county level city in Loudi 娄底, Hunan |
| 冷水江市 | Lěng shuǐ jiāng shì | Lengshuijiang county level city in Loudi 娄底, Hunan |
| 冷水滩 | Lěng shuǐ tān | Lengshuitan district of Yongzhou city 永州市, Hunan |
| 冷水滩区 | Lěng shuǐ tān qū | Lengshuitan district of Yongzhou city 永州市, Hunan |
| 出水 | chū shuǐ | to appear out of the water; to break the surface |
| 出水芙蓉 | chū shuǐ fú róng | as a lotus flower breaking the surface (idiom); surpassingly beautiful (of young lady's face or old gentleman's calligraphy) |
| 分水线 | fēn shuǐ xiàn | watershed |
| 北洋水师 | Běi yáng shuǐ shī | north China navy (esp. the ill-fated Chinese navy in the 1895 war with Japan) |
| 去光水 | qù guāng shuǐ | nail polish remover |
| 反水 | fǎn shuǐ | turncoat; traitor |
| 取水 | qǔ shuǐ | water intake; to obtain water (from a well etc) |
| 合水 | Hé shuǐ | Heshui county in Qingyang 庆阳, Gansu |
| 合水县 | Hé shuǐ xiàn | Heshui county in Qingyang 庆阳, Gansu |
| 吉水 | Jí shuǐ | Jishui county in Ji'an 吉安, Jiangxi |
| 吉水县 | Jí shuǐ xiàn | Jishui county in Ji'an 吉安, Jiangxi |
| 吐苦水 | tǔ kǔ shuǐ | to have bitter digestive fluids rising to the mouth; fig. to complain bitterly; to pour out one's sufferings |
| 君子之交淡如水 | jūn zi zhī jiāo dàn rú shuǐ | A gentleman's friendship, insipid as water (idiom, from Zhuangzi 庄子). |
| 吸水 | xī shuǐ | absorbent |
| 商水 | Shāng shuǐ | Shangshui county in Zhoukou 周口, Henan |
| 商水县 | Shāng shuǐ xiàn | Shangshui county in Zhoukou 周口, Henan |
| 喇叭水仙 | lā bā shuǐ xiān | daffodil |
| 喷水壶 | pēn shuǐ hú | watering can; sprinkling can |
| 喷水池 | pēn shuǐ chí | a fountain |
| 在水步行 | zài shuǐ bù xíng | wade |
| 地表水 | dì biǎo shuǐ | surface water |
| 城镇化水平 | chéng zhèn huà shuǐ píng | urbanization level (of a city or town) |
