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zhāo

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zhāo Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
zhāo | zhao1
English translation
(chess) move
trick
all right!
(dialect) to add
to touch
to come in contact with
to feel
to be affected by
to catch fire
to fall asleep
to burn
Pīnyīn Pronunciation
zhe | zhe5
English translation
aspect particle indicating action in progress
to make a move, to take action
Pīnyīn Pronunciation
zhuó | zhuo2
English translation
to wear (clothes)
to contact
to use
to apply

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About zhāo

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Number of strokes

11

Traditional form

zhù

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Temporal particle " zhāo " / 时态助词着 Shí tài zhùcízhe

Etymology of zhāo

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Positional decomposition

羊目

Explanation

Simplified form of zhù . Phonosemantic compound. cǎo represents the meaning and zhě represents the sound.

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Example sentences using zhāo

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饭菜 fàn cài 而外, Huán chī líng shí , 肚子 dùzi Yuè 显形 xiǎn xíng , jiù 觉得 juéde 越须 duō chī hǎo 东西 dōngxī ;不能 bù néng 亏着 zuǐ .

Aside from meals, Tigress had to eat between them.

zhè 简直 jiǎnzhí 一点 yī diǎn tián ,元气 yuán qì Huán dōu 保存 bǎocún zhāo . ”

This is hardly sweet at all and all the strength is still in it. "

zài 会议 huìyì shǎng xié zhāo yǎn kān .

He looked sideways at me in the meeting.

zhè Shū fàng tài Gāo , gòu zhāo .

The book's too high -- I can't reach it.

dài zhāo gǒu 沿 yán 那条散步 sànbù .

I took my dog for a walk along the river.

Words with zhāo

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
zhāo [action in progress] zhù
意味着 yìwèizhe to signify意味著
有着 yǒu zhe to have有著
接着 jiēzhe to continue接著
着急 zháojí to worry著急
着手 zhuóshǒu to set out著手
来着 lái zhe auxiliary showing sth happened in the past來著
用不着 yòng bu zháo not need用不著
睡着 shuì zháo to fall asleep睡著
着火 zháohuǒ to ignite著火
穿着 chuān zhuó attire穿著
随着 suízhe along with隨著
跟着 gēn zhe to follow after跟著
着想 zhuóxiǎng to give thought (to others)著想
执着 zhízhuó to be dedicated執著
着力 zhuó lì to put effort into sth著力
着陆 zhuó lù landing著陸
着重 zhuózhòng to stress著重
着迷 zháomí to be fascinated著迷
着眼 zhuó yǎn having sth in mind著眼
着呢 zhe ne quite著呢
怎么着 zěn me zhāo what?怎麼著
沿着 yán zhe to go along沿著
身着 shēn zhuó to wear身著
本着 běn zhe based on...本著

zhāo Decomposition & Compounds

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zhāo Decomposition

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zhāo Compounds

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