浇 — Chinese character
浇
jiāo
to spray, to sprinkle, to water
- Pinyin
- jiāo
- Radical
- 85 ⽔ (Water)
- Strokes
- 9
- Components
- 氵 尧
- Formation
- pictophonetic — water; meaning component 氵; sound component 尧
- Traditional
- 澆
Common words with 浇
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 浇水 (澆水) | jiāo shuǐ | to water (plants etc) |
| 浇灌 (澆灌) | jiāo guàn | to water; to irrigate |
| 浇筑 (澆築) | jiāo zhù | to pour (concrete etc) |
| 火上浇油 (火上澆油) | huǒ shàng jiāo yóu | to pour oil on the fire (idiom); fig. to aggravate a situation; to enrage people and make matters worse |
| 浇注 (澆注) | jiāo zhù | to pour (molten metal, concrete etc) into a mold |
| 浇铸 (澆鑄) | jiāo zhù | to cast (molten metal); to mold |
| 浇花 (澆花) | jiāo huā | to water the plants; to water the garden |
| 借酒浇愁 (借酒澆愁) | jiè jiǔ jiāo chóu | (idiom) to drown one's sorrows |
| 浇头 (澆頭) | jiāo tou | topping (mixture of ingredients and sauce poured over noodles or rice, esp. in Shanghainese cuisine) |
| 盖浇饭 (蓋澆飯) | gài jiāo fàn | rice with meat and vegetables |
| 浇冷水 (澆冷水) | jiāo lěng shuǐ | to pour cold water; fig. to discourage |
English words written with 浇
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