灌溉

guàngài

verb HSK 7-9 #21,728

Meanings

Both characters mean to water/irrigate - a reinforcing compound.

HSK 4

古代就有了灌溉系统。

Gǔdài jiù yǒu le guàngài xìtǒng.

Irrigation systems already existed in ancient times.

HSK 7-9

这片农田需要灌溉。

Zhè piàn nóngtián xūyào guàngài.

These farmlands need irrigation.

HSK 7-9

农民用河水灌溉庄稼。

Nóngmín yòng héshuǐ guàngài zhuāngjia.

Farmers use river water to irrigate the crops.

history

China has a long history of irrigation engineering. The Dujiangyan (都江堰) irrigation system, built around 256 BC, is still in use today.

memory

Both 灌 and 溉 have the 氵(water) radical - irrigation is all about water.

灌 guàn

溉 gài