粵

淋lam4水seoi2

lam4 seoi2lín shuǐinferred

English

  1. to irrigate; to pour water onto

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 將水倒落某個地方,尤其指灌溉植物

Examples

  • 我喺度幫緊啲花淋水。

    I am watering the flowers.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 我幫啲花淋水淋嚟都無謂,因為我一淋完就開始落雨喇。

    I needn't have watered the flowers. Just after I finished, it started raining.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 你今朝幫棵花淋咗水未呀?

    Did you water the flowers this morning?

  • 婆婆幾次同表弟嘈到要打交,表弟淋水落婆婆張牀,婆婆最後屈服,搬左去大舅父度住。

    Grandma and cousin had several heated arguments to the point of almost getting into a physical fight. My cousin poured water onto the grandmother's bed, and in the end, the grandmother gave up and moved to live with my uncle instead.

Sources: rime-cantonese, synthesized, words.hk

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