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巢

cháo

HSK 6 Character

What 巢 means

1. nest

Other readings

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

• Cháosurname Chao

Example sentences

• 鸟儿筑巢。
  Birds build nests.
• 鸟儿在树里筑巢。
  Birds make their nests in trees.
• 鸟用细树枝筑巢。
  Birds build nests of twigs.
• 鸟一点一点地筑巢。
  Niǎo yīdiǎnyīdiǎn de zhù cháo.
  Little by little, the bird made his nest.
• 很明显的，他们房前的树上筑巢。
  Hěn míngxiǎn de, tāmen fáng qián de shù shàng zhù cháo.
  Apparently, they nest in a tree in front of the house.
• 这两只鸟在没有建筑许可的情况下筑了巢。
  The two birds built a nest without a building permit.

Words starting with 巢

• 巢穴cháo xuélair; nest; den
• 巢湖Cháo HúChao Lake in Hefei 合肥
• 巢湖市Cháo hú ShìChaohu, a county-level city in Hefei City 合肥市

Words containing 巢

• 鸟巢niǎo cháobird's nest; nickname for Beijing 2008 Olympic stadium
• 雀巢Què cháoNestlé
• 卵巢luǎn cháoovary
• 倾巢qīng cháolit. the whole nest came out (to fight us); a turnout in full force…
• 爱巢ài cháolove nest
• 营巢yíng cháoto nest
• 空巢kōng cháoempty nest; a home where the kids have grown up and moved out
• 窝巢wō cháonest
• 筑巢zhù cháoto nest; to build a nest
• 精巢jīng cháo(zoology) spermary; (in higher animals) testicle
• 老巢lǎo cháo(fig.) lair; den; stronghold (esp. of criminals or hostile forces)
• 蜂巢fēng cháohoneycomb; beehive
• 香巢xiāng cháoa love nest; a place of secret cohabitation (also derogatory)
• 黄巢Huáng CháoHuang Chao (-884), leader of peasant uprising 875-884 in late Tang
• 卵巢窝luǎn cháo wō(anatomy) ovarian fossa
• 卵精巢luǎn jīng cháoovaries and testes
• 蜂巢胃fēng cháo wèireticulum (second stomach of ruminants); honeycomb tripe
• 倾巢来犯qīng cháo lái fànto turn out in force ready to attack (idiom)
• 倾巢而出qīng cháo ér chūthe whole nest came out (idiom); to turn out in full strength
• 暖巢管家nuǎn cháo guǎn jiāhousekeeper who looks after old people with no children or whose children do not live…
• 黄巢之乱Huáng Cháo zhī luànlate Tang peasant uprising 875-884 led by Huang Chao
• 黄巢起义Huáng Cháo qǐ yìHuang Chao peasant uprising 875-884 in late Tang, led by Huang Chao
• 覆巢无完卵fù cháo wú wán luǎnlit. when the nest overturns no egg remains intact…
• 蚁巢yǐ cháoant nest

Characters that look like 巢

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

• 集jíto gather; to collect; collected works
• 菜càivegetable; greens; dish (of food); (of one's skills etc) weak; poor
• 晨chénmorning; dawn; daybreak
• 粟sùmillet; (metonym) grain
• 栗lì(literary) cold; chilly; (bound form) to tremble with fear
• 桨jiǎngoar; paddle

Sounds the same

Read cháo, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 潮tide; damp; moist; humid; fashionable; trendy
• 嘲to ridicule; to mock
• 朝imperial or royal court; government; dynasty
• 鼂sea turtle
• 晁surname Chao