gānshuǐ

泔水

Word · Noun

slop; kitchen waste; swill

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Meanings

1 sense · 5 examples
1.

noun

slop; swill; kitchen waste water

neutral

Used for waste water and food scraps from the kitchen, often fed to livestock. Also called 泔脚 (gānjiǎo) or 潲水 (shàoshuǐ) in some regions.

Nóng农
cūn村
lǐ里
 ,
gān泔
shuǐ水
cháng常
cháng常
yòng用
lái来
wèi喂
zhū猪
 。

In rural areas, slop is often used to feed pigs.

Qǐng请
bǎ把
shuā刷
guō锅
de的
gān泔
shuǐ水
dào倒
jìn进
zhè这
ge个
tǒng桶
lǐ里
 。

Please pour the water from washing the pot into this bucket.

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Cān餐
guǎn馆
měi每
tiān天
huì会
chǎn产
shēng生
dà大
liàng量
de的
gān泔
shuǐ水
 。

The restaurant generates a large amount of kitchen waste every day.

Zhè这
zhǒng种
gān泔
shuǐ水
wèi味
dào道
hěn很
nán难
wén闻
 。

This kind of slop has a very unpleasant smell.

Jiù旧
shè社
huì会
 ,
lián连
gān泔
shuǐ水
dōu都
yǒu有
rén人
qiǎng抢
 。

In the old society, even swill was fought over by people.