🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

供水系统

Pronunciation / Transliteration: gòngshuǐ xìtǒng

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Water system/ˈwɔː.tər ˌsɪs.təm/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #8500 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"这个城市的水系统覆盖了整个市区。"

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    An integrated network of structures, channels, pipes, and facilities designed to supply, treat, store, or manage water resources.

    "The municipal water system provides clean drinking water to over one million residents."
  2. 2

    A natural network of interconnected water bodies such as rivers, lakes, and underground aquifers.

    "The Amazon water system is the largest drainage basin in the world."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Old English 'wæter' (Proto-Germanic *watōr) combined with 'system', originating from the Greek 'systēma' meaning 'an organized whole'. The compound reflects the industrial and municipal developments of the 19th and 20th centuries regarding water management infrastructure.

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