Chinese symbol for “hose”
水龙
shuǐ lóng
Traditional: 水龍
hose; pipe; fire hose; (botany) water primrose (Jussiaea repens)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for hose is 水龙 (shuǐ lóng), defined as: hose; pipe; fire hose; (botany) water primrose (Jussiaea repens).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “hose”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 水龙.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 水平 | shuǐ píng | horizontal; level; a standard; a level (of ability, development etc) |
| 水果 | shuǐ guǒ | fruit |
| 水泥 | shuǐ ní | cement; measure word: 袋 (dài) |
| 洪水 | hóng shuǐ | deluge; flood |
| 水准 (水準) | shuǐ zhǔn | level (of achievement etc); standard |
| 水库 (水庫) | shuǐ kù | reservoir; measure word: 座 (zuò) |
| 龙头 (龍頭) | lóng tóu | faucet; tap; bicycle handlebar |
| 恐龙 (恐龍) | kǒng lóng | dinosaur (头 (tóu),只 (zhī)); (old) (slang) ugly person |
See also: Japanese symbol for “hose”.
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.