Chinese symbol for “pour”
下注
xià zhù
to pour; to pour down (of rain); to lay a bet
The closest CC-CEDICT match for pour is 下注 (xià zhù), defined as: to pour; to pour down (of rain); to lay a bet.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “pour”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 浇筑 (澆築) | jiāo zhù | to pour (concrete etc) |
| 斟 | zhēn | to pour; to deliberate |
| 灌 | guàn | to irrigate; to pour |
| 汋 | zhuó | to pour |
| 淋 | lín | to sprinkle; to drip |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 下注.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 一下 | yī xià | (after a verb) a bit; a little (indicating brief duration, or softening the tone, or suggesting giving sth a try); all at once; suddenly |
| 以下 | yǐ xià | that level or lower; that amount or less |
| 下来 (下來) | xià lai | to come down; (completed action marker) |
| 下载 (下載) | xià zǎi | to download; also pr. [xia4zai4] |
| 下午 | xià wǔ | afternoon; 个 (gè) |
| 下去 | xià qù | to go down; to descend |
| 注意 | zhù yì | to take note of; to pay attention to |
| 关注 (關注) | guān zhù | to pay attention to; to follow sth closely; to follow (on social media); concern; interest; attention |
See also: Japanese symbol for “pour”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.