浇 (jiāo): to pour liquid, to irrigate (using waterwheel), to water
浇 (jiāo) is a Chinese character meaning “to pour liquid.” Classified as HSK Level 5 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 氵 (semantic) and 尧 (phonetic). It ranks #2674 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 浇 water. Its radical form 氵 (water) appears in many related characters such as 水 (shuǐ, water), 汉 (hàn, Han ethnic group), 汽 (qì, steam).
Definitions
- to pour liquid
- to irrigate (using waterwheel)
- to water
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 浇水 | jiāo shuǐ | to water (plants etc) |
| 火上浇油 | huǒ shàng jiāo yóu | to pour oil on the fire (idiom) |
| 浇灌 | jiāo guàn | to water |
| 浇头 | jiāo tou | topping (mixture of ingredients and sauce poured over noodles or rice, esp. in Shanghainese cuisine) |
| 浇铸 | jiāo zhù | to cast (molten metal) |
| 盖浇饭 | gài jiāo fàn | rice with meat and vegetables |
| 浇注 | jiāo zhù | to pour (molten metal, concrete etc) into a mold |
| 浇筑 | jiāo zhù | to pour (concrete etc) |
| 浇冷水 | jiāo lěng shuǐ | to pour cold water |
| 浇花 | jiāo huā | to water the plants |
| 借酒浇愁 | jiè jiǔ jiāo chóu | (idiom) to drown one's sorrows |
浇 appears in 11 compound words: 73 as the first character, 0 as the last, and 27 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 浇 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (2)
Example Sentences
清晨的浇面波光粼粼，倒映着岸边的柳树。
qīng chén de jiāo miàn bō guāng 粼 粼 , dǎo yìng zhe àn biān de liǔ shù .
The early morning water shimmered with ripples, reflecting the willow trees along the shore.
知名电子厂男惊爆虐猫!隔袋狠揍、莲蓬头浇水灌顶 警方出手了
zhī míng diàn zǐ hǎn nán jīng bào nüè māo ! gé dài hěn zòu , lián péng tóu jiāo shuǐ guàn dǐng jǐng fāng chū shǒu le
暗杀行动火上浇油,中东危局难见拐点
àn shā háng dòng huǒ shàng jiāo yóu , zhōng dōng wēi jú nán jiàn guǎi diǎn
Assassination adds fuel to the fire; no end in sight for the Middle East crisis
美PPI冲高浇熄联准会降息预期 道琼开盘一度跌近800...
měi P P I chōng gāo jiāo xī lián zhǔn huì jiàng xī yù qī dào 琼 kāi pán yī dù diē jìn 8 0 0 . . .
The rise in U.S. PPI extinguished expectations of a Fed interest rate cut, and the Dow Jones fell nearly 800 at the opening...
你借酒浇愁是为了什么事？
Nǐ jièjiǔjiāochóu shì wèile shénmeshì?
What pain are you trying to cover up with alcohol?
你可不可以帮忙除草浇花？
Nǐ kě bù kěyǐ bāngmáng chú cǎo jiāo huā?
Could you please pull the weeds and water the flowers?
你最后一次给花园浇水在什么时候？
Nǐ zuì hòu yīcì gěi huāyuán jiāoshuǐ zài shénmeshíhou?
When was the last time you watered the garden?
您吃早餐前给植物浇水。
Nín chī zǎocān qián gěi zhíwù jiāoshuǐ.
Water the plants before eating breakfast.
花园里的花需要浇水。
Huāyuán lǐ de huā xūyào jiāoshuǐ.
The flowers in the garden need to be watered.
我帮助我爸爸给花浇水。
Wǒ bāngzhù wǒ bàba gěi huā jiāoshuǐ.
I helped my father water the flowers.
Character Family
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