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zào

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zào Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
zào | zao4
English translation
dry
parched
impatient
arid, dry, parched; quick-tempered

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About zào

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Number of strokes

17

Traditional form

zào

Contains the radical

Huǒ

Part of speech

Adjectival morpheme / 形语素 Xíng yǔ sù

Learning hint

fire

Etymology of zào

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

火喿

Semantic compound

Huǒ

Phonetic compound

zào

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. Huǒ represents the meaning and zào represents the sound.

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Example sentences using zào

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春季 chūn jì 干燥 gānzào duō fēng , qíng duō shǎo , duō piān 南风.

In the spring dry windy, rainy, sunny little more southerly wind.

chūn yuè yǒu 热情 rèqíng , yǒu 才智 cái zhì ,生活 shēnghuó zài 枯燥 kūzào , Néng 适应 shìyìng .

And Spring Moon had the zest and wit to season the most prosaic of lives.

zhè běn 枯燥 kūzào 乏味 fá wèi de Shū 幸亏 xìngkuī Jiā le 一些 yī xiē 精彩 jīngcǎi de 插图 chā tú cái 变得 biàn de 生动 shēngdòng 有趣 yǒuqù .

The otherwise dreary book is enlivened by some very amusing illustrations.

盖子 gài zi 扣紧,以使内容 nèiróng 保持 bǎochí 干燥 gānzào .

He snapped the lid on to keep the contents dry.

何首乌 hé shǒu wū Mài dōng 天冬 胡麻 hú má rén Yīn rùn zào .

The polygonum multiflorum , Mai Dong, the flax kernel nourishes yin.

Words with zào

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
干燥 gānzào dull乾燥
枯燥 kūzào dry and dull枯燥 kūzào
zào dry zào
口干舌燥 kǒu gān shé zào lit. dry mouth and tongue (idiom); to talk too much口乾舌燥
干燥剂 gān zào jì desiccant乾燥劑
枯燥无味 kū zào wú wèi tedious枯燥無味
干燥机 gān zào jī a drier乾燥機

zào Decomposition & Compounds

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zào Decomposition

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