How do you say “irrigate” in Vietnamese?

“Irrigate” in Vietnamese is tưới tiêu (to irrigate and drain).

Vietnamese words for “irrigate”

• tưới tiêuListenverb
  Hanoi [tɨəj˧˦ tiəw˧˧] · Saigon [tɨj˦˥ tiw˧˧]tưới rising tiêu level

  to irrigate and drain

  for “irrigate” meaning: To supply (farmland) with water, by building ditches, pipes, etc.

Related Vietnamese words

• rửaListenverb
• tướiListenverb

  to water; sprinkle; irrigate

Translations matched from English Wiktionary (translation tables and Vietnamese entries, via kaikki.org; CC BY-SA 4.0) and the NgonNgu English–Vietnamese dictionary, reviewed and edited; examples from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). The Listen button uses your browser's Vietnamese voice.