注水

zhùshuǐ

verb #25,519

Meanings

1 to pour water into
2 to inject water into
3 (fig.) to pad out / to inflate artificially

Characters

to pour/to inject

Examples

给水箱注水需要几分钟。

Gěi shuǐxiāng zhùshuǐ xūyào jǐ fēnzhōng.

It takes a few minutes to fill the water tank.

那份报告有注水的嫌疑。

Nà fèn bàogào yǒu zhùshuǐ de xiányí.

That report is suspected of being padded.

Tips

usage

注水 has both a literal sense (adding water) and a colloquial figurative sense meaning to inflate or pad artificially — e.g., inflated statistics, padded articles, or meat injected with water to increase weight.

Stroke Order

注 zhù

水 shuǐ