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Chinese symbol for “waterproof”

防水
fáng shuǐ
waterproof

The closest CC-CEDICT match for waterproof is 防水 (fáng shuǐ), defined as: waterproof.

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Characters and stroke order

防 fáng
to protect, to defend, to guard against
radical 170 ⾩ · 7 strokes
水 shuǐ
water, liquid, lotion, juice
radical 85 ⽔ · 4 strokes

Other Chinese words for “waterproof”

WordPinyinMeaning
不透水bù tòu shuǐwaterproof; watertight
抗水kàng shuǐwaterproof; water resistant
耐水nài shuǐwaterproof
耐水性nài shuǐ xìngwaterproof

Related words

Other words that share a character with 防水.

WordPinyinMeaning
防止fáng zhǐto prevent; to guard against
预防 (預防)yù fángto prevent; to take precautions against
国防 (國防)guó fángnational defense
防御 (防禦)fáng yùdefense; to defend
防治fáng zhìto prevent and cure; prevention and cure
防范 (防範)fáng fànto be on guard; wariness
水平shuǐ pínghorizontal; level; a standard; a level (of ability, development etc)
水果shuǐ guǒfruit

See also: Japanese symbol for “waterproof”.

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.