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嫂

sǎo

HSK 6 Character

What 嫂 means

1. bound formolder brother's wife; sister-in-law

Words starting with 嫂

• 嫂子sǎo zi(colloquial) older brother's wife; sister-in-law
• 嫂嫂sǎo saoolder brother's wife; sister-in-law; (polite address to a younger married woman) sister

Words containing 嫂

• 大嫂dà sǎoolder brother's wife; sister-in-law; elder sister…
• 兄嫂xiōng sǎoelder brother and his wife
• 堂嫂táng sǎowife of older male cousin via male line
• 家嫂jiā sǎo(polite) my sister-in-law
• 月嫂yuè sǎowoman hired to take care of a newborn child and its mother in the month after childbirth
• 空嫂kōng sǎomarried stewardess of mature age
• 舅嫂jiù sǎowife's brother's wife, sister-in-law
• 表嫂biǎo sǎowife of older male cousin via female line
• 贝嫂Bèi sǎonickname for Victoria Beckham
• 军嫂jūn sǎowife of a serviceman; soldier's wife
• 老嫂子lǎo sǎo zi(slang) effeminate man
• 育儿嫂yù ér sǎonanny (for infants and toddlers)

Characters that look like 嫂

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

• 嫌xiánto dislike; suspicion; resentment
• 婧jìng(literary) (of a woman) slender; delicate; (literary) (of a woman) talented
• 媲pìto match; to pair
• 婕jiéused in 婕妤
• 绫língdamask; thin silk
• 逵kuícrossroads; thoroughfare

Sounds the same

Read sǎo, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 扫to sweep (with a brush or broom); to sweep away; to wipe out; to get rid of…