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兆

zhào

HSK 6 Character

What 兆 means

1. bound formomen
2. to foretell
3. million; mega-
4. Taiwantrillion; tera-
5. oldbillion

Other readings

兆 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Zhàosurname Zhao

Example sentences

• 瑞雪兆丰年。
  A timely snow promises a good harvest.
• 乌云是下雨的征兆。
  Wūyún shì xiàyǔ de zhēngzhào.
  Dark clouds are a sign of rain.
• 你认为这是个预兆吗？
  Nǐ rènwéi zhè shì gè yùzhào ma?
  Do you think it's a sign?
• 我会把它看作一个征兆。
  Wǒ huì bǎ tā kànzuò yī gè zhēngzhào.
  I'd take it as a sign.
• 事情发生之前都会有先兆。
  Shìqing fāshēng zhīqián dōu huì yǒu xiānzhào.
  Coming events cast their shadows before them.
• 他的懒惰是他未来不好的预兆。
  His laziness boded ill for the future.

Words starting with 兆

• 兆头zhào touomen; portent; sign
• 兆周zhào zhōumegacycle (MC), equals 1,000,000 Hz
• 兆瓦zhào wǎmegawatt
• 兆赫zhào hèmegahertz
• 兆字节zhào zì jiémegabyte (2^20 or approximately a million bytes)
• 兆瓦时zhào wǎ shímegawatt-hour
• 兆瓦特zhào wǎ tèmegawatt
• 兆电子伏zhào diàn zǐ fúmega electron volt (MeV) (unit of energy equal to 1.6 x 10⁻¹³ joules)

Words containing 兆

• 预兆yù zhàoomen; sign (of sth yet to occur); prior indication
• 征兆zhēng zhàoomen; sign (that sth is about to happen); warning sign
• 先兆xiān zhàoomen
• 前兆qián zhàoomen; prior indication; first sign
• 京兆jīng zhàocapital of a country
• 凶兆xiōng zhàoill omen
• 千兆qiān zhàogiga-; (computer networking) gigabits per second; 1000Base-T
• 吉兆jí zhàolucky omen
• 朕兆zhèn zhàoomen; sign (that sth is about to happen); warning sign
• 百兆bǎi zhào(computer networking) 100 megabits per second; 100Base-T
• 险兆xiǎn zhàoevil omen
• 不祥之兆bù xiáng zhī zhào(idiom) bad omen

Characters that look like 兆

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 我wǒI; me; my
• 找zhǎoto try to find; to look for; to call on sb
• 池chípond; reservoir; moat
• 巡xúnto patrol; to make one's rounds; classifier for rounds of drinks
• 沌dùnused in 混沌
• 弛chíto unstring a bow; to slacken; to relax

Sounds the same

Read zhào, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 照according to; in accordance with; to shine
• 召to call together; to summon; to convene
• 罩to cover; to spread over; a cover; a shade; a hood; bamboo fish trap
• 赵to surpass (old)
• 诏(literary) to admonish; (bound form) imperial edict
• 肇at first; devise; originate
• 棹oar (archaic); scull; paddle
• 笊loosely woven bamboo ladle
• 曌name invented for herself by Tang empress Wu Zetian 武则天
• 啅chirp
• 垗sacrifice
• 旐banner