浇 (澆)
jiāo
Pinyin

Definition

浇 (澆)
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jiāo
  1. to pour liquid
  2. to irrigate (using waterwheel)
  3. to water
  4. to cast (molten metal)
  5. to mold

Character Decomposition

Related Words (9)

浇水
jiāo shuǐ
  1. 1 to water (plants etc)
借酒浇愁
jiè jiǔ jiāo chóu
  1. 1 to drown one's sorrows (in alcohol)
浇灌
jiāo guàn
  1. 1 to water
  2. 2 to irrigate
浇花
jiāo huā
  1. 1 to water the plants
  2. 2 to water the garden
火上浇油
huǒ shàng jiāo yóu
  1. 1 to pour oil on the fire (idiom); fig. to aggravate a situation
  2. 2 to enrage people and make matters worse

Idioms (1)

火上浇油
huǒ shàng jiāo yóu
  1. 1 to pour oil on the fire (idiom); fig. to aggravate a situation
  2. 2 to enrage people and make matters worse

Sample Sentences

唉，刚才忘了，他们说，鸡翅上浇点啤酒，吃起来会更香的。
ài ，gāngcái wàng le ，tāmen shuō ，jīchì shàng jiāo diǎnr píjiǔ ，chī qǐlai huì gèng xiāng de 。
Oh, I forgot. My friends said adding a bit of beer to the chicken wings makes them taste much better.
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锅里放点油，烧热以后放蒜和辣椒，然后浇在面条和蔬菜上。最后放盐，香油，酱油和醋，拌一下。
guō lǐ fàng diǎn yóu ，shāo rè yǐhòu fàng suàn hé làjiāo ，ránhòu jiāo zài miàntiáo hé shūcài shàng 。zuìhòu fàng yán ，xiāngyóu ，jiàngyóu hé cù ，bàn yīxià 。
Get a pot and put a little oil in it. Once it's hot, add the garlic and chilis. Then, pour it over the noodles and vegetables. Finally, add salt, sesame oil, soy sauce and vinegar, and mix it up.
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那盖浇饭？
nà gàijiāofàn ？
Then how about some meat and vegetables over rice?
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每天要给所有的植物浇水，要把门锁好，对了，别跑出去玩，别吃很多冰淇淋。
měitiān yào gěi suǒyǒu de zhíwù jiāoshuǐ ，yào bǎ mén suǒ hǎo ，duì le ，bié pǎo chūqù wán ，bié chī hěn duō bīngqílín 。
You need to water all the plants every day, lock the door-- oh, yeah, don't go running around looking for fun, and don't eat a lot of ice cream.
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还好，只要给它们浇水、晒太阳、施肥就行了。
hái hǎo ，zhǐyào gěi tāmen jiāoshuǐ 、shài tàiyáng 、shīféi jiù xíng le 。
It's all right, as long as you water it, have sunlight, and fertilize it's enough.
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对哦！我现在去浇。
duì o ！wǒ xiànzài qù jiāo 。
Yeah! I'll go do it right now!
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好久没给花浇水了。
hǎojiǔ méi gěi huā jiāo shuǐ le 。
It's been a long time since we watered the flowers.
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