給水(きゅうすい)

きゅうすい
noun, verb (suru)
water supply
1. water supply, supplying water
The act of supplying water, or the system through which water is provided.
給水(きゅうすい)ポイントで水(みず)を飲(の)んだ。
I drank water at the water station.
災害(さいがい)時(じ)に給水(きゅうすい)車(しゃ)が出動(しゅつどう)した。
Water trucks were dispatched during the disaster.
工事(こうじ)のため明日(あした)は給水(きゅうすい)が停止(ていし)されます。
The water supply will be suspended tomorrow due to construction.

USAGE: Common in both everyday and official contexts. Often seen in announcements about water supply disruptions or at marathon events.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 給水(きゅうすい)車(しゃ): water truck, water tanker
  • 給水(きゅうすい)ポイント / 給水(きゅうすい)所(じょ): water station (at marathons, disasters)
  • 給水(きゅうすい)管(かん): water pipe
  • 給水(きゅうすい)制限(せいげん): water rationing
  • 給水(きゅうすい)を止(と)める: to cut off the water supply

CONTRAST: 給水(きゅうすい) (supplying water) vs. 排水(はいすい) (drainage, draining water).

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