HSK 5 · Verbs

浇 jiāo “to water (plants)” in Chinese

Traditional 澆

What 浇 means

  1. to water (plants)
  2. to pour (liquid) on
  3. to pour liquid
  4. to irrigate (using waterwheel)
  5. to water
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • to cast (molten metal)
  • to mould

How to say 浇

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale浇jiāo1st tone, high and level

浇 in a sentence

  1. 别忘记浇植物。

    Bié wàngjì jiāo zhíwù.

    Don’t forget to water the plants.

    Sentence #8899430 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 我帮助我爸爸给花浇水。

    Wǒ bāngzhù wǒ bàba gěi huā jiāoshuǐ.

    I help my dad water the flowers.

    Sentence #2889801 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 父亲在浇花。

    Fùqīn zài jiāo huā.

    Father is watering the flowers.

    Sentence #1691740 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 浇 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 浇 (jiāo) with each of its parts in a different colour
浇jiāoto pour liquid
  • 氵water form of 水 · shuǐMeaning part
  • 尧a legendary ancient emperor-sage · YáoSound part

氵 hints at the meaning (water); 尧 (Yáo) hints at the sound. Compare it with jiāo.

How to write 浇

浇 9 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

浇 (jiāo) stroke order chart: each stroke of the character in the order you write it
Stroke order chart for 浇 (jiāo). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 浇

More words: Common Verbs

建设jiànshè · to build讲究jiǎngjiu · to be particular about交换jiāohuàn · to exchange交际jiāojì · social interaction教训jiàoxun · a lesson (learnt the hard way)接触jiēchù · to touch接近jiējìn · to approach节省jiéshěng · to save

FAQs

浇 (jiāo) means “to water (plants)” or “to pour (liquid) on”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it jiāo: jiāo with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 浇 is written 澆. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jiao with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 浇 from the suggestions. Typing jiao into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
浇 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.