灌

• Pinyin: guàn
• Desglose de hanzi: 灌 = 氵(water) + 雚 (phonetic — heron near water, suggesting pouring)

Significado

verter; llenar vertiendo; regar

Appears in agricultural contexts (灌溉 — irrigate), audio recording (灌录 — to record an album), and critical education discourse (灌输 — instil/pour in, implying top-down instruction). 灌 alone can describe force-feeding or pouring drink into someone.

Ejemplos

1. 农民每天清晨起来灌地，确保庄稼有充足的水分。
2. 他把满满一杯水一口气灌下去，才缓解了干渴。
3. 老师不应只是一味地向学生灌知识，更要引导他们主动思考。

Guía de uso

Contexto: agriculture, daily life, education

Tono: neutral

Correcto

• 每逢旱季，村民们便轮流用水泵灌田，以保全当季的收成。(Every dry season, villagers take turns using water pumps to irrigate the fields, in order to preserve the seasonal harvest.)
• 他喝多了，朋友硬是给他灌了好几杯浓茶才让他清醒过来。(He had drunk too much, and his friend forcibly poured several cups of strong tea into him before he sobered up.)

Incorrecto

• 我灌了一本书 — use 读完 or 录制 depending on context; 灌 is for pouring liquid or recording audio, not reading or absorbing a book passively

Origen e historia

Water radical 氵+ 雚 (phonetic component, also a heron bird — once used for tall water plants near rivers). Original meaning related to water pouring.

Contexto cultural

Generación: All ages

Contexto social: Universal