Chinese symbol for “watertight”
滴水不漏
dī shuǐ bù lòu
lit. not one drop of water can leak out; watertight; rigorous (argument)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for watertight is 滴水不漏 (dī shuǐ bù lòu), defined as: lit. not one drop of water can leak out; watertight; rigorous (argument).
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “watertight”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 不透水 | bù tòu shuǐ | waterproof; watertight |
| 点水不漏 (點水不漏) | diǎn shuǐ bù lòu | not one drop of water leaks (idiom); fig. thoughtful and completely rigorous; watertight |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 滴水不漏.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 点滴 (點滴) | diǎn dī | a drip; a little bit |
| 水滴 | shuǐ dī | drop of water |
| 一点一滴 (一點一滴) | yī diǎn yī dī | bit by bit; every little bit |
| 滴水 | dī shuǐ | water drop; dripping water |
| 滴答 | dī dā | (onom.) pattering sound; drip drip (of water) |
| 雨滴 | yǔ dī | raindrop |
| 水平 | shuǐ píng | horizontal; level; a standard; a level (of ability, development etc) |
| 水果 | shuǐ guǒ | fruit |
| 不是 | bù shì | no; is not |
| 漏洞 | lòu dòng | leak; hole |
See also: Japanese symbol for “watertight”.
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.