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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).

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

滴 dī
to drip; a drop of water
radical 85 ⽔ · 14 strokes
水 shuǐ
water, liquid, lotion, juice
radical 85 ⽔ · 4 strokes
不 bù
no, not, un-; negative prefix
radical 1 ⼀ · 4 strokes
漏 lòu
to leak, to drip; hour glass; funnel
radical 85 ⽔ · 14 strokes

Other Chinese words for “watertight”

WordPinyinMeaning
不透水bù tòu shuǐwaterproof; watertight
点水不漏 (點水不漏)diǎn shuǐ bù lòunot 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.

WordPinyinMeaning
点滴 (點滴)diǎn dīa drip; a little bit
水滴shuǐ dīdrop of water
一点一滴 (一點一滴)yī diǎn yī dībit by bit; every little bit
滴水dī shuǐwater drop; dripping water
滴答dī dā(onom.) pattering sound; drip drip (of water)
雨滴yǔ dīraindrop
水平shuǐ pínghorizontal; level; a standard; a level (of ability, development etc)
水果shuǐ guǒfruit
不是bù shìno; is not
漏洞lòu dòngleak; 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.

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