water bucket; pail (dialect)
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesnoun
water bucket or pail, typically made of wood or bamboo
dialectChiefly used in northern Chinese dialects to refer to traditional wooden or bamboo water containers.
Tā他
tí提
zhe着
shuǐ水
shāo筲
qù去
dǎ打
shuǐ水
。
He carried the water bucket to fetch water.
Zhè这
gè个
shuǐ水
shāo筲
shì是
yòng用
zhú竹
zi子
biān编
de的
，
yòng用
le了
shí十
jǐ几
nián年
le了
。
This bamboo-woven water bucket has been used for over a decade.
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Cūn村
kǒu口
de的
lǎo老
jǐng井
páng旁
fàng放
zhe着
yī一
gè个
kōng空
shuǐ水
shāo筲
。
An empty water bucket sat beside the old well at the village entrance.