How to write 澇

澇 lào 1. Too much rainwater, flooded, opposite to "drought." - Example: 排～ (drain the flood); 抗旱防～ (prevent drought and flood); ～災 (flood disaster). 澇 lào (verb) 1. To inundate; excess rain causing disaster. - Reference: 《晉書·袁甫傳》: The rain lasted long, therefore the region is always inundated. - Example: 澇漉 (soaked in); 澇疏旱溉 (the crops suffering from inundation need drainage; those suffering from drought need irrigation); 瀝澇 (waterlogged crops); 內澇 (low-lying areas unable to drain water in time resulting in flooding); 澇窪地 (low-lying fields prone to flooding). 2. To water; to irrigate. - Reference: 宋· 王安石《和錢學士喜雪》: The public is strongly advised to irrigate the fields to avoid famine from spring drought. 澇 lào (noun) 1. Waterlogging; excessive rainwater in the fields. - Example: 排澇 (to remove excessive water in the fields to prevent flooding disaster); 旱澇無常 (drought and flood are unpredictable). 2. Milk (butter). - Reference: 清· 蘧園《負曝閒談》: What is 澇? … originally refers to cow's milk. 3. See also láo. 澇 Láo (noun) 1. A water name, located in Shaanxi Province, originating from the Qinling Mountains, flowing north into the Weishui River. - Word formation: phono-semantic compound. From water (水), and sounds like "labor" (勞). 2. Also known as 潦水 (Liao Water). Located at the border of Hu county and Zhouzhi county in Shaanxi Province, originating from the Qinling Mountains, and is one of the eight rivers in Guanzhong. - Reference: 《水經注》: The Lào river flows north into the Gan river and merges into the Weishui. 3. A tributary of Fen River. Originating from Fushan County, Shanxi Province, it flows westward until it merges into the Fen River north of Linfen city. 4. See also láo.