水龙卷

水龍卷
shuǐlóngjuǎn
noun #93,377

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 waterspout (tornado over a body of water)

Examples

HSK 6
Shuǐlóngjuǎn shì lóngjuǎnfēng zài shuǐmiàn shàng de xíngtài.
A waterspout is a tornado in its over-water form.
HSK 7-9
Yúchuán zài hǎishàng zāoyù le shuǐlóngjuǎn.
The fishing boat ran into a waterspout out at sea.

Tips

memory
Pairs with 龙卷风 'tornado' - literally 'dragon-rolling wind.' Swap 风 'wind' for 水 'water' and you get the over-water version. The dragon imagery is apt: ancient texts described waterspouts as dragons sucking water up to the sky.

Stroke Order

水 shuǐ
龙 lóng
卷 juǎn