Traditional: 水災
水灾 (shuǐ zāi) means “flood; flood damage”. It is an HSK 5 Chinese word (traditional 水災) in the HSK 3.0 vocabulary.
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今年南方发生了严重水灾。
Jīnnián nánfāng fāshēng le yánzhòng shuǐzāi.
Serious floods occurred in the south this year.
Updated: 2026-07-18