水货

• 병음: shuǐ huò
• 한자 분석: 水 = water (flowing, informal); 货 = 化 (transform) + 贝 (shell/money) — goods that transform through informal money channels

뜻

병행수입품(그레이마켓 상품); (구어) 실력 없는 사람/가짜

In Hong Kong and mainland China, 水货 commonly refers to electronics, cosmetics, or baby formula brought in through unofficial channels to exploit price differences. The term also colloquially means a person who is incompetent or a fraud.

예문

1. 他在网上买的手机是水货，没有官方保修服务。
2. 海关人员在口岸查获了一批价值数百万元的水货奢侈品。
3. 别找他来做项目，他是个水货，完全不懂技术。

사용 가이드

맥락: commerce, consumer goods, slang

어조: negative

올바른 표현

• 购买水货虽然价格便宜，但售后服务和产品质量往往无法保证。(Buying grey-market goods may be cheaper, but after-sales service and product quality are often unreliable.)
• 该平台已被监管部门查处，原因是长期销售水货化妆品。(The platform was investigated by regulators for long-term sales of parallel-import cosmetics.)

피해야 할 표현

• 水货 ≠ 二手货 (second-hand goods) — 水货 specifically means parallel imports or fakes, not used items; do not conflate the two

기원과 역사

水 (water, flowing/unofficial channels) + 货 (goods) — goods that flow through unofficial waterway-like channels

문화적 배경

세대: Millennials and Gen Z

사회적 배경: Universal