zwr

Verb

 * 1)  to drink (something liquid: water, beer, wine, etc.)
 * 2)  to drink in general (+ : to drink of (a drink), to drink from (a container or hand); + : to drink of (a body of water))
 * 3)  to drink alcoholic drinks
 * 4)  to take liquid medicine
 * 5)  to drink (a container), to consume the liquid contained in
 * 6)  to have (thirst) instead of something to drink, to ‘drink’ (thirst)
 * 7)  to be watered
 * 1)  to be watered

Alternative forms
By the Middle Kingdom, the in this word is often supplemented or replaced by, reflecting the phonetic weakening or loss of  at the end of a syllable.

Noun

 * 1) drinking bowl
 * 2) drink, beverage

Descendants
The following words have sometimes been proposed as descendants, but the probable loss of final in this word by the time of the Middle Kingdom makes such derivations questionable: