水井

shuǐjǐng

noun #32,625

Measure Word

一口水井 kǒu

Meanings

1 water well

Characters

Examples

HSK 2

他每天到水井打水。

Tā měitiān dào shuǐjǐng dǎ shuǐ.

He draws water from the well every day.

HSK 4

村里有一口老水井。

Cūnlǐ yǒu yì kǒu lǎo shuǐjǐng.

There is an old water well in the village.

Tips

usage

Measure word for wells is 口, as in 一口井, a hangover from counting "mouths" of the earth. 水井 is the explicit form; in most contexts just 井 suffices.

Stroke Order

水 shuǐ

井 jǐng