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A water-dropper (Japanese: 水滴, Hepburn: suiteki, Chinese: 水滴; pinyin: shuǐdī) is a small device used in East Asian calligraphy. It's a container designed to hold a small amount of water. In order to make ink a few drops of water must be dropped onto the plain of the inkstone, by grinding an inkstick on the inkstone one can make ink. Due the grinding small particles comes off the inkstick and will mix with the water, these two components will form ink.

Water-droppers may be made of copper, jade and stone or ceramic. A water-dropper has two small holes for water and air, it is designed so that only a few drops of water can fall at one time.^[1]

There are a few types of water-droppers.

Type of water-dropper	Hanzi / Kanji	Pinyin	Rōmaji
Water-dropper with pouring spout and a handle	水注	shuǐzhù	suichuu
Water-droppers in diverse forms with large openings	水中丞	shuǐzhōngchéng	suichuujou
Jar-like water-droppers with large opening	水盂	shuǐyú	suiu
Frog shaped water-dropper	蟾蜍	chánchú	senjo

^ suiteki　水滴 Template:En icon; aisf.or.jp, consulted on: 2012-12-31

[1] suiteki　水滴 Template:En icon; aisf.or.jp, consulted on: 2012-12-31

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 [[File:Water-dropper.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Water-dropper]]
-A '''water-dropper''' ([[Mandarin Chinese]]: 水滴; [[Pinyin]]: [shuǐdī]; [[Japanese language|Japanese]]: 水滴 [suiteki]) is a small device used in East Asian calligraphy. It's a container designed to hold a small amount of water. In order to make ink a few drops of water must be dropped onto the plain of the [[inkstone]], by grinding an [[inkstick]] on the inkstone one can make ink. Due the grinding small particles comes off the inkstick and will mix with the water, these two components will form ink.
+A {{Nihongo|'''water-dropper'''|水滴|suiteki|lead=yes|extra={{zh|t=水滴|p=shuǐdī}}}} is a small device used in East Asian calligraphy. It's a container designed to hold a small amount of water. In order to make ink a few drops of water must be dropped onto the plain of the [[inkstone]], by grinding an [[inkstick]] on the inkstone one can make ink. Due the grinding small particles comes off the inkstick and will mix with the water, these two components will form ink.
 Water-droppers may be made of [[copper]], [[jade]] and [[stone]] or [[ceramic]]. A water-dropper has two small holes for water and air, it is designed so that only a few drops of water can fall at one time.<ref>[http://www.aisf.or.jp/~jaanus/deta/s/suiteki.htm suiteki　水滴] {{en icon}}; aisf.or.jp, consulted on: 2012-12-31</ref>
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 ! Type of water-dropper || [[Hanzi]] / [[Kanji]] || [[Pinyin]] || [[Romanization of Japanese|Rōmaji]]
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-| Water-dropper with pouring spout and a handle || 水注 || shuǐzhù  || suichuu
+| Water-dropper with pouring spout and a handle || {{zh|c=水注|labels=no}} || {{transl|zh|shuǐzhù}}  || {{transl|ja|suichuu}}
 |-
-| Water-droppers in diverse forms with large openings || 水中丞 || shuǐzhōngchéng || suichuujou
+| Water-droppers in diverse forms with large openings || {{zh|c=水中丞|labels=no}} || {{transl|zh|shuǐzhōngchéng }}|| {{transl|ja|suichuujou}}
 |-
-| Jar-like water-droppers with large opening || 水盂 || shuǐyú || suiu
+| Jar-like water-droppers with large opening || {{zh|c=水盂|labels=no}} || {{transl|zh|shuǐyú}} || {{transl|ja|suiu}}
 |-
-| Frog shaped water-dropper || 蟾蜍 || chánchú || senjo
+| Frog shaped water-dropper || {{zh|c=蟾蜍|labels=no}} || {{transl|zh|chánchú}} || {{transl|ja|senjo}}
 |}