蓄水

xùshuǐ

verb #60,324

Meanings

HSK 5

三峡大坝蓄水以后，长江的水位上升了很多。

Sānxiá Dàbà xùshuǐ yǐhòu, Chángjiāng de shuǐwèi shàngshēng le hěnduō.

After the Three Gorges Dam began impounding water, the level of the Yangtze rose a great deal.

HSK 6

雨季一到，水库就开始蓄水。

Yǔjì yí dào, shuǐkù jiù kāishǐ xùshuǐ.

As soon as the rainy season comes, the reservoir starts storing water.

memory

蓄 means to store up for later, as in 储蓄 (savings) and 蓄电池 (storage battery). A tank or pond that holds water is a 蓄水池.

蓄 xù

水 shuǐ