浇 (jiāo) is a Chinese word meaning “to pour liquid; to irrigate (using waterwheel); to water”.
Meanings
- 1to pour liquid
- 2to irrigate (using waterwheel)
- 3to water
- 4to cast (molten metal)
- 5to mold
- Part of speech
- verb
Related words
浇水to water (plants etc)火上浇油to pour oil on the fire (idiom); fig. to aggravate a situation浇灌to water浇头topping (mixture of ingredients and sauce poured over noodles or rice, esp. in Shanghainese cuisine)浇铸to cast (molten metal)盖浇饭rice with meat and vegetables浇筑to pour (concrete etc)浇注to pour (molten metal, concrete etc) into a mold借酒浇愁(idiom) to drown one's sorrows浇冷水to pour cold water浇花to water the plants