Taivo A Taiwan Mandarin dictionary

灌水

guànshuǐ

ㄍㄨㄢˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ

  1. 1to irrigate
  2. 2to pour water into
  3. 3to inject water into meat to increase its weight (plumping)
  4. 4to cook the books
  5. 5to post low-value messages (small talk etc) on Internet forums
Example

你怎麼一有空就上網,衝浪灌水打QQ,一個夜晚就扔給它了?

nǐ zěnme yì yǒukòng jiù shàngwǎng chōnglàng guànshuǐ dǎ Q Q yíge yèwǎn jiù rēng gěi tā le

Why do you go online, surf, chat, and use QQ every time you have free time, wasting an entire night on it?

Keep 灌水 and it comes back until you know it.

Get Taivo for iPhone →