Chinese symbol for “sweat”
汗水
hàn shuǐ
sweat; perspiration
The closest CC-CEDICT match for sweat is 汗水 (hàn shuǐ), defined as: sweat; perspiration.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “sweat”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 流汗 | liú hàn | to sweat |
| 冒汗 | mào hàn | to sweat |
| 汗液 | hàn yè | sweat |
| 发汗 (發汗) | fā hàn | to sweat |
| 汗 | hàn | perspiration; sweat |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 汗水.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 血汗 | xuè hàn | (fig.) sweat and toil; hard work |
| 出汗 | chū hàn | to perspire; to sweat |
| 冷汗 | lěng hàn | cold sweat |
| 血汗钱 (血汗錢) | xuè hàn qián | hard-earned money |
| 流汗 | liú hàn | to sweat |
| 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 “sweat”.
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.