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勺子

sháo zi

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 3 2-character word Measure word 把

勺子 (sháo zi) means "spoon; scoop". It is an HSK 3.0 level 3 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 勺子 means

1. spoon; ladle

The characters in 勺子

• 勺sháospoon; ladle; abbr. for 公勺
• 子zinoun suffix, as in 椅子

Example sentences

• 把勺子给我。
  Bǎ sháozi gěi wǒ.
  Give me the spoon.
• 缺一把勺子。
  There is a spoon missing.
• 少了一把勺子。
  Shǎo le yī bǎ sháozi.
  There is a spoon missing.
• 我的勺子更大！
  My spoon is bigger!
• 我收集银勺子。
  I collect silver spoons.
• 宝宝还不会使用勺子。
  Bǎobǎo hái bù huì shǐyòng sháozi.
  The baby cannot use a spoon yet.

Words containing 勺子

• 长柄勺子cháng bǐng sháo ziladle

Sounds the same

Read sháo zi, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 杓子scoop

Where 勺子 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Household Objects & Daily Items (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read sháo zi correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.