灌醉 (guàn zuì) — to get someone drunk (by plying them with alcoh…

Definition

A transitive verb meaning 'to get someone drunk' — the agent deliberately plies another person with alcohol. Usually appears in 把 or 被 constructions.

verb

to get someone drunk (by plying them with alcohol)

，灌醉。
Tā jiǔ liàng tài dà le, shuí dōu guàn zuì bù liǎo tā.
His alcohol tolerance is too high; nobody can get him drunk.
，灌醉。
Zài jù huì shàng, tā men pīn mìng bǎ wǒ wǎng sǐ lǐ guàn zuì.
At the party, they desperately tried to get me dead drunk.
，灌醉。
Tā zhuāng zuò hē zuì, qí shí gēn běn méi bèi guàn zuì.
He pretended to be drunk, but actually he wasn't gotten drunk at all.

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

补充bǔchōngVerb + complement

An action followed by its result or direction.

灌guànpour/force drink

灌 means to pour or force someone to drink, and 醉 states the result of becoming drunk.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

雚

雚guàn灌guàn

Same sound today

灌 pairs its water part with 雚, which gives the character its sound.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

酉卒醉

Meaning part形符xíngfú

酉酉yǒualcoholic drink

Sound part声符shēngfú

卒

卒zú醉zuì

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

醉 combines 酉, a sign for alcoholic drink, with 卒, which supplies the sound.

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