# 水货 (shuǐhuò)

In Mandarin Chinese, 水货 (shuǐhuò) means “parallel imports; smuggled goods; gray-market goods”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: parallel imports; smuggled goods; gray-market goods
- Pinyin: shuǐhuò (shui3 huo4)
- Traditional: 水貨
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 购买水货手机没有官方保修服务。
  Gòumǎi shuǐhuò shǒujī méiyǒu guānfāng bǎoxiū fúwù.
  Buying gray-market phones does not come with an official warranty.

## Characters

- [水](https://hanziro.com/word/shui-water/) (shuǐ): water
- [货](https://hanziro.com/word/huo-goods/) (huò): goods; merchandise

https://hanziro.com/word/shui-huo-parallel-imports/

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