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Chinese symbol for “dehydrated”

脱水
tuō shuǐ
Traditional: 脫水
to dry out; to extract water; dehydration; dehydrated

The closest CC-CEDICT match for dehydrated is 脱水 (tuō shuǐ), defined as: to dry out; to extract water; dehydration; dehydrated; desiccation.

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Characters and stroke order

脱 tuō
to take off, to shed; to escape from
radical 130 ⾁ · 11 strokes
水 shuǐ
water, liquid, lotion, juice
radical 85 ⽔ · 4 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “dehydrated”

WordPinyinMeaning
无水 (無水)wú shuǐanhydrous (chemistry); waterless

Related words

Other words that share a character with 脱水.

WordPinyinMeaning
脱离 (脫離)tuō líto separate oneself from; to break away from
摆脱 (擺脫)bǎi tuōto break away from; to cast off (old ideas etc)
逃脱 (逃脫)táo tuōto run away; to escape
解脱 (解脫)jiě tuōto untie; to free
脱贫 (脫貧)tuō pínto lift oneself out of poverty
脱身 (脫身)tuō shēnto get away; to escape (from obligations)
水平shuǐ pínghorizontal; level; a standard; a level (of ability, development etc)
水果shuǐ guǒfruit

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.