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灌 guàn

to water, to irrigate; to pour; to flood

Strokes
20
Level
HSK 6
Radical
氵
Type
Picto-phonetic
Made of 氵雚 ⿰氵雚

Memory hint: water

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  1. 农民用河水灌溉农田。
    Nóngmín yòng héshuǐ guàngài nóngtián.
    Farmers irrigate the farmland with river water.
    farmer use river-water irrigate farmland
  2. 这片田地需要多久灌溉一次？
    Zhè piàn tiándì xūyào duōjiǔ guàngài yí cì?
    How often does this field need to be irrigated?
    this(measure) field need how-long irrigate one time
  3. 天气这么干，快去给菜地灌溉吧。
    Tiānqì zhème gān, kuài qù gěi càidì guàngài ba.
    The weather is so dry, go irrigate the vegetable field quickly.
    weather so dry, quickly go for vegetable-field irrigate (suggestion)
  4. 这块地缺水，很久没有灌溉了。
    Zhè kuài dì quē shuǐ, hěn jiǔ méiyǒu guàngài le.
    This land lacks water, it hasn't been irrigated in a long time.
    this(measure) land lack water, very long not-have irrigate (particle)
  5. 每年春天，村民都要给稻田灌溉。
    Měinián chūntiān, cūnmín dōu yào gěi dàotián guàngài.
    Every spring, villagers need to irrigate the rice fields.
    every-year spring, villager all must for rice-field irrigate

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