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浇水 meaning in English

jiāoshuǐ

to water (plants etc)

Traditional 澆水13 strokes

Meaning of 浇水

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

jiāoshuǐ
  1. to water (plants etc)

浇水 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

你nǐ最zuì后hòu一yī次cì给gěi花huā园yuán浇jiāo水shuǐ在zài什shén么me时shí候hòu？
When was the last time you watered the garden?
我wǒ帮bāng助zhù我wǒ爸bà爸bà给gěi花huā浇jiāo水shuǐ。
I helped my father water the flowers.
您nín吃chī早zǎo餐cān前qián给gěi植zhí物wù浇jiāo水shuǐ。
Water the plants before eating breakfast.
花huā园yuán里lǐ的de花huā需xū要yào浇jiāo水shuǐ。
The flowers in the garden need to be watered.
花huā园yuán里lǐ的de花huā要yào浇jiāo水shuǐ了le。
The flowers in the garden need watering.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

浇 jiāo · to pour liquid · 9 strokes

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  9. 9

水 shuǐ · water · 4 strokes

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  4. 4

Related words

Words that share a character with 浇水.

水果shuǐguǒfruit
水平shuǐpínghorizontal; level; a standard; a level (of ability, development etc)
药水yàoshuǐmedicine in liquid form; bottled medicine
凉水liángshuǐcool water; unboiled water
海水hǎishuǐseawater
汽水qìshuǐsoda pop; carbonated soft drink
泪水lèishuǐteardrop; tears
矿泉水kuàngquánshuǐmineral water
开水kāishuǐboiled water; boiling water
纯净水chúnjìngshuǐpurified water
雨水yǔshuǐrainwater; rainfall; rain
水分shuǐfènmoisture content; (fig.) overstatement; padding

Questions about 浇水

What does 浇水 mean?

浇水 (jiāoshuǐ) means "to water (plants etc)".

How do you write 浇水?

浇水 is made of 2 characters: 浇 (9 strokes), 水 (4 strokes). That is 13 strokes in total.

How is 浇水 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 浇水 is written 澆水.