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to irrigate

Composition


Components

Sounds

Pinyin

gai4 • gài

Meaning


Primary

to irrigate

Alternatives

irrigate, irrigates, irrigating, irrigated

Mnemonic Updated October 8, 2026


[g-] Gandalf is in the [4] bathroom of the [-ai] high school where he works with a hired 既 cyborg gardener 溉 to irrigate the place. They plan to grow some magical herbs there, so the cyborg's shiny metal arm 氵 sprays water into trenches Gandalf dug across the bathroom floor. The high school students look on, wondering why their bathroom is being 溉 irrigated by a wizard and a cyborg.

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