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水槽

shuǐ cáo · shui cao

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HSK 7–9

Meaning

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  1. sink
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The blocked sink

  1. Dengdeng

    厨房(chúfáng)的(de)水槽(shuǐcáo)堵(dǔ)了(le)，水(shuǐ)下(xià)不去(bùqù)。

    The kitchen sink is blocked. The water won't go down.

  2. Liangliang

    我(wǒ)来(lái)看看(kànkan)水槽(shuǐcáo)里(lǐ)有(yǒu)什么(shénme)。

    Let me see what is in the sink.

  3. Dengdeng

    是不是(shìbùshì)菜叶子(càiyèzi)？

    Is it vegetable leaves?

  4. Liangliang

    不是(bùshì)，是(shì)一只(yīzhī)袜子(wàzi)！

    No. It is a sock!

  5. Dengdeng

    你的(nǐde)袜子(wàzi)怎么(zěnme)会(huì)在(zài)水槽(shuǐcáo)里(lǐ)？

    Why is your sock in the sink?

  6. Liangliang

    我(wǒ)昨天(zuótiān)在(zài)水槽(shuǐcáo)里(lǐ)洗(xǐ)袜子(wàzi)，忘(wàng)了(le)拿出来(náchūlái)。

    I washed it in the sink yesterday and forgot to take it out.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

惠(huì)子(zǐ)巧(qiǎo)妙(miào)地(de)把(bǎ)碗(wǎn)碟(dié)迭(dié)起(qǐ)再(zài)拿(ná)到(dào)水(shuǐ)槽(cáo)。

Keiko deftly piles up the dishes and takes them to the sink.

Tatoeba: Chinese by basilhan · English by xtofu80 · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

齐(qí)里(lǐ)需(xū)要(yào)小(xiǎo)苏(sū)打(dǎ)，用(yòng)来(lái)清(qīng)洁(jié)他(tā)的(de)厨(chú)房(fáng)水(shuǐ)槽(cáo)。

Ziri needs baking soda to clean his kitchen sink.

Tatoeba: Chinese by LeviHighway · English by Amastan · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

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