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扬水

Word · VerbTraditional揚水

pump water; lift water

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Meanings

1 sense · 3 examples
1.

verb

to pump water; to lift water using a pump

technical

Technical term used in irrigation, water conservancy, and engineering contexts. Often appears in compounds like 扬水站 (pumping station).

Zhè这
ge个
yáng扬
shuǐ水
zhàn站
měi每
tiān天
kě可
yǐ以
yáng扬
shuǐ水
shí十
wàn万
lì立
fāng方
mǐ米
 。

This pumping station can lift 100,000 cubic meters of water daily.

Nóng农
mín民
yòng用
shuǐ水
bèng泵
yáng扬
shuǐ水
guàn灌
gài溉
nóng农
tián田
 。

Farmers use pumps to lift water for irrigating farmland.

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Zhè这
tiáo条
guǎn管
dào道
yòng用
lái来
yáng扬
shuǐ水
shū输
sòng送
dào到
gāo高
dì地
 。

This pipeline is used to pump water up to higher ground.