灌 guàn
- Strokes
- 20
- Radical
- 氵 — water
- Made of
- 氵 water 雚 heron
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
灌溉
guàngài
to irrigate
Characters in this word
溉 gài
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 氵 — water
- Made of
- 氵 water 既 already, since, then
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 这片盐碱地经过滴灌系统灌溉后，土壤含水量明显提高。 Zhè piàn yánjiǎn dì jīngguò dīguàn xìtǒng guàngài hòu, tǔrǎng hánshuǐliàng míngxiǎn tígāo. After this saline-alkali land was irrigated through a drip system, the soil moisture content rose noticeably.
- 农民打开水渠，灌溉干旱的麦田。 Nóngmín dǎkāi shuǐqú, guàngài gānhàn de màitián. The farmer opened the channel to irrigate the parched wheat field.
- 这条河灌溉着两岸几千亩农田。 Zhè tiáo hé guàngài zhe liǎng'àn jǐ qiān mǔ nóngtián. This river irrigates several thousand mu of farmland on both banks.
Related words
- 灌 guàn to pour; to fill; to force-feed
- 灌输 guànshū to instil; to indoctrinate
- 耕 gēng to plough; to cultivate
- 化肥 huàféi chemical fertiliser
- 耕地 gēngdì arable land; to cultivate land
- 肥料 féiliào fertiliser; manure
- 耕耘 gēngyún to cultivate; to work diligently
- 采摘 cǎizhāi to pick; to harvest by hand
- 腐烂 fǔlàn to rot; rotten; decayed
- 采 cǎi to pick; to gather; to collect
- 腐朽 fǔxiǔ rotten; decayed; decadent
- 稻草 dàocǎo rice straw; straw