Chinese symbol for “sewage”
污水
wū shuǐ
sewage
The closest CC-CEDICT match for sewage is 污水 (wū shuǐ), defined as: sewage.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “sewage”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 脏水 (髒水) | zāng shuǐ | dirty water; sewage |
| 秽水 (穢水) | huì shuǐ | dirty water; polluted water; sewage |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 污水.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 污染 | wū rǎn | (lit. and fig.) to pollute; to contaminate |
| 贪污 (貪污) | tān wū | to be corrupt; corruption |
| 污染物 | wū rǎn wù | pollutant |
| 环境污染 (環境污染) | huán jìng wū rǎn | environmental pollution |
| 污点 (污點) | wū diǎn | stain; taint |
| 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) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “sewage”.
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.