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清水

Mandarin · pinyin qīng shuǐ#

fresh water
drinking water
clear water

Mandarin · pinyin Qīng shuǐ#

see 清水縣 Qīng shuǐ Xiàn
Shimizu (Japanese surname and place name)

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清: qīng · clear, pure, clean; peaceful
水: shuǐ · water, liquid, lotion, juice

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1–3 · qing1 shui3

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

cing1 seoi2

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noun

clear and pure water; fresh water
(literary) saliva; slobber; drool

name

(～縣) Qingshui (a county of Tianshui, Gansu, China)
(～鎮) Qingshui Town, name of several towns in China
(～區) Qingshui (a district of Taichung, Taiwan)
(～區) Shimizu-ku, a district in Shizuoka, Japan
an orthographic borrowing of the Japanese surname 清水, Shimizu

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