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浇

jiāo

HSK 5 Character Traditional 澆

What 浇 means

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

Example sentences

• 请浇花。
  Please water the flowers.
• 我在浇花。
  Wǒ zài jiāohuā.
  I am watering the flowers.
• 父亲在浇花。
  Father is watering flowers.
• 她正在浇花。
  She is watering the flowers.
• 贝蒂正在浇花。
  Betty is watering the flowers.
• 别忘记浇植物。
  Remember to water the plants.

Words starting with 浇

• 浇水jiāo shuǐto water (plants etc)
• 浇灌jiāo guànto water; to irrigate
• 浇花jiāo huāto water the plants; to water the garden
• 浇注jiāo zhùto pour (molten metal, concrete etc) into a mold
• 浇筑jiāo zhùto pour (concrete etc)
• 浇铸jiāo zhùto cast (molten metal); to mold
• 浇头jiāo toutopping…
• 浇冷水jiāo lěng shuǐto pour cold water; fig. to discourage

Words containing 浇

• 盖浇饭gài jiāo fànrice with meat and vegetables
• 火上浇油huǒ shàng jiāo yóuto pour oil on the fire (idiom); fig. to aggravate a situation…
• 借酒浇愁jiè jiǔ jiāo chóu(idiom) to drown one's sorrows

Characters built on 尧

These share the phonetic component 尧 (Yáo), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 晓xiǎodawn; daybreak; to know
• 翘qiáooutstanding; to raise
• 跷qiāoto raise one's foot; to stand on tiptoe; stilts
• 侥jiǎoby mere luck
• 骁xiāogood horse; valiant
• 硗qiāostony soil
• 哓xiāoa cry of alarm; querulous

Characters that look like 浇

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 流liúto flow; to disseminate; to circulate or spread
• 洗xǐto wash; to bathe; to develop (photographs); to shuffle (cards etc)
• 晓xiǎodawn; daybreak; to know
• 浸jìnto immerse; to soak; to steep
• 挠náoto scratch; to thwart; to yield
• 浣huànto wash; to rinse; any of three 10-day division of the month (during Tang dynasty)

Sounds the same

Read jiāo, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 教to teach; to instruct
• 交to hand over; to deliver; to pay (money); to turn over; to make friends…
• 蕉banana
• 骄proud; arrogant
• 郊suburbs; outskirts
• 胶to glue; glue; gum
• 椒pepper
• 焦burnt; scorched; charred
• 娇lovable; pampered; tender
• 跤a tumble; a fall
• 姣cunning; pretty
• 礁reef; shoal rock