灌 guàn

1. guàn verb to pour in
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 注入 (Guoyu '灌' v 1; Unihan '灌')
2. guàn noun an irrigation ceremony
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '灌' n 1; Han Dian '灌' 6)
3. guàn verb to irrigate
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 浇水 (Guoyu '灌' v 2; Unihan '灌')
4. guàn verb to record [sound]
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: For example, 灌唱片 'make a record' (Guoyu '灌' v 2; Unihan '灌')
5. guàn proper noun Guan
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
   Notes: (Guoyu '灌' n 2)

Contained in

• 灌唱片 to make a record
• 灌迷魂汤(灌迷魂湯) to butter up; to try to impress
• 满堂灌(滿堂灌) cramming (as a teaching method); rote learning
• 灌肠(灌腸) sausage with a starchy filling
• 灌站 pumping station in irrigation system
• 淤灌 to warp (fertilize land by flooding)
• 海水倒灌 saltwater intrusion
• 灌输(灌輸) to imbue with; to inculcate; to instill into; to teach; to impart; to channel water to another place
• 灌溉渠 irrigation channel
• 沃灌 to irrigate; to wash with water
• 浓密常绿阔叶灌丛(濃密常綠闊葉灌叢) chaparral
• 灌米汤(灌米湯) to flatter; to butter up
• 灌酒 to force to drink alcohol
• 淹灌 basin irrigation (e.g. paddy fields)
• 灌木 bush; shrub
• 灌浆(灌漿) grouting; (of grain) to be in the milk; to form a vesicle (medicine)
• 灌水 to irrigate; to pour water into; to inject water into meat to increase its weight (plumping); to cook the books; to post low-value messages (small talk etc) on Internet forums
• 地面灌溉 surface irrigation
• 灌注 to pour into; to concentrate one's attention on; to teach; to inculcate; to instill place
• 灌录(灌錄) to record (audio)
• 滴灌 drip irrigation; to irrigate by drip feed
• 醍醐灌顶(醍醐灌頂) to anoint your head with the purest cream; to enlighten people with perfect wisdom; flawless Buddhist teaching
• 戳心灌髓 sarcasm
• 灌醉 to fuddle; to befuddle; to inebriate; to get someone drunk
• 灌木林 shrubbery; low wood
• 灌丛(灌叢) scrub; shrubland; undergrowth
• 浇灌(澆灌) to water; to pour
• 春灌 spring irrigation
• 倒灌 to flow backwards (of water, because of flood, tide, wind etc); reverse flow; to back up (sewage)
• 灌木丛(灌木叢) shrub; shrubbery
• 灌渠 irrigation channel
• 灌溉 to irrigate
• 红灌木茶(紅灌木茶) rooibos tea
• 硬灌 to force feed
• 秋灌 autumn irrigation
• 电灌站(電灌站) electric pumping station in irrigation system
• 灌濯 to wash; to rinse
• 灌铅(灌鉛) to weight something with lead; (of a die) loaded; to pour molten lead into the mouth (as a punishment)
• 灌篮(灌籃) slam dunk
• 灌沐 to wash up/to freshen up
• 半灌木 semi-arbor type tree

Also contained in

灌河 、 灌南县 、 灌南 、 大灌顶经 、 灌云县 、 灌阳 、 灌区 、 灌阳县 、 灌云

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• 《魏其武安侯列傳》 Biographies of the Marquis of Weiqi and the Marquis of Wu'an Records of the Grand Historian 史記 — count: 58
• 卷五十二 竇田灌韓傳 Volume 52: Dou, Tian, Guan and Han Book of Han 漢書 — count: 28
• 卷三百五十七 列傳第一百十六 何灌 李熙靖 王雲 譚世勣 梅執禮 程振 劉延慶 Volume 357 Biographies 116: He Guan, Li Xijing, Wang Yun, Tan Shiji, Mei Zhili, Cheng Zhen, Liu Yanqing History of Song 宋史 — count: 27
• 卷三百三十一 列傳第二百十九 西域三 Volume 331 Biographies 219: Western Regions 3 History of Ming 明史 — count: 23
• 卷八十四 志第六十 河渠二 Volume 84 Treatises 60: Rivers and Canals 2 History of Ming 明史 — count: 22
• 卷八十八 志第六十四 河渠六 Volume 88 Treatises 64: Rivers and Canals 6 History of Ming 明史 — count: 19
• 卷十六 志第六 禮三 Volume 16 Treatises 6: Rituals 3 Book of Song 宋書 — count: 16
• 卷九十五 志第四十八 河渠五 Volume 95 Treatises 48: Rivers and Canals 5 History of Song 宋史 — count: 10
• 卷八十三 列傳第五十三 顧和 袁瑰 江逌 車胤 殷顗 王雅 Volume 83 Biographies 53: Gu He; Yuan Mei; Jiang You; Che Yin; Yin Yi; Wang Ya Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 9
• 卷八十七 志第六十三 河渠五 Volume 87 Treatises 63: Rivers and Canals 5 History of Ming 明史 — count: 9

Collocations

• 灌婴 (灌嬰) 騎將灌嬰擊之 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《項羽本紀》 Annals of Xiang Yu — count: 46
• 灌夫 (灌夫) 侯嬰坐爭灌夫事上書稱為先帝詔 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《惠景閒侯者年表》 Yearly Table of the Officials who became Marquises between the Reigns of Emperor Hui and Emperor Jing — count: 45
• 灌将军 (灌將軍) 擅矯遣灌將軍嬰將兵擊齊 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《孝文本紀》 Annals of the Xiaowen Emperor — count: 9
• 可以灌 (可以灌) 十頃之陂可以灌四十頃 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷十七　說林訓 Chapter 17: A Forest of Persuasion — count: 8
• 侯灌 (侯灌) 相國呂產等乃遣潁陰侯灌嬰將兵擊之 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《呂太后本紀》Annals of Empress Dowager Lü — count: 8
• 丞相灌 (丞相灌) 使丞相灌嬰擊之 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《齊悼惠王世家》 House of Prince Daohui of Qi — count: 6
• 水灌 (水灌) 決水灌智伯 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷十八　人間訓 Chapter 18: The Human World — count: 6
• 灌园 (灌園) 爲人灌園 — Xunzi 荀子, 不苟篇第三 Chapter 3: Nothing Carelessly — count: 5
• 言灌 (言灌) 丞相言灌夫家在潁川 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《魏其武安侯列傳》 Biographies of the Marquis of Weiqi and the Marquis of Wu'an — count: 5
• 灌氏 (灌氏) 續灌氏後 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《樊酈滕灌列傳》 Biographies of Fan, Li, Teng and Guan — count: 5