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Chinese symbol for “drainage”

排水渠
pái shuǐ qú
drainage

The closest CC-CEDICT match for drainage is 排水渠 (pái shuǐ qú), defined as: drainage.

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Characters and stroke order

排 pái
row, rank, file; to eliminate, to remove
radical 64 ⼿ · 11 strokes
水 shuǐ
water, liquid, lotion, juice
radical 85 ⽔ · 4 strokes
渠 qú
ditch, gutter; canal, channel
radical 85 ⽔ · 12 strokes

Other Chinese words for “drainage”

WordPinyinMeaning
泄流 (洩流)xiè liúdrainage

Related words

Other words that share a character with 排水渠.

WordPinyinMeaning
安排ān páito arrange; to plan
排名pái míngto rank (1st, 2nd etc); ranking
排除pái chúto eliminate; to remove
排列pái lièto arrange in order; (math.) permutation
排放pái fàngto arrange in order; to emit; to discharge (exhaust gas, waste water etc)
排队 (排隊)pái duìto line up
水平shuǐ pínghorizontal; level; a standard; a level (of ability, development etc)
水果shuǐ guǒfruit
渠道qú dàoirrigation ditch; (fig.) channel; avenue

See also: Japanese symbol for “drainage”.

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.