Illustration: In a shallow swimming pool, a child wearing goggles reaches for a small diving ring resting on the tiled bottom. The child’s entire head and body are below the water surface, with a trail of bubbles rising from the nose.

JLPT N2no-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

水すい中ちゅう

suichuu

underwater

Example sentences

  1. アザラシは水中すいちゅうで寝ねます。

    Seals sleep underwater.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 水中すいちゅうカメラって、持もってる？

    Do you have an underwater camera?

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. この装置そうちで人間にんげんが水中すいちゅうで呼吸こきゅうできます。

    This device allows humans to breathe underwater.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 水中

  • 水waterOnスイKunみず・みず-
  • 中in; insideOnチュウKunなか・うち・あたる

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