Hanzi
Traditional
澆
Simplified
浇

to pour liquid/to irrigate (using waterwheel)/to water/to cast (molten metal)/to mold

Hanzi

Grade

Grade 8

Pinyin

jiāo

Bopomofo

ㄐㄧㄠ

Jyutping

giu1

Example sentences

澆水 / 浇水 jiāoshuǐ
我每天早上給陽臺上的花澆水。
我每天早上给阳台上的花浇水。

I water the flowers on the balcony every morning.

仙人掌 xiānrénzhǎng
我把仙人掌放在客廳裡，忘了澆水也沒事。
我把仙人掌放在客厅里，忘了浇水也没事。

I put the cactus in the living room; it is fine even if I forget to water it.

澆 / 浇 jiāo
她每天早上都會在陽臺澆花。
她每天早上都会在阳台浇花。

She waters the flowers on the balcony every morning.

Example Vocabulary

澆水

jiao1'shui3

to water plants; to pour water on

借酒澆愁

jie4'jiu3'jiao1'chou2

澆灌

jiao1'guan4

澆花

火上澆油

huo3'shang4'jiao1'you2

蓋澆飯

gai4'jiao1'fan4

澆

jiao1

to water; to pour liquid on

澆注

jiao1'zhu4

澆鑄

jiao1'zhu4

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