Dictionary › 沼

沼

zhǎo

HSK 6 Character

What 沼 means

1. pond
2. pool

Example sentences

• 许多苍鹭在沼泽地中生活。
  Lots of herons live in the marsh.
• 你不能在沼泽地上建造建筑物。
  Nǐ bù néng zài zhǎozédì shàng jiànzào jiànzhùwù.
  You can't build buildings on swampy land.
• 他独自一人住在沼泽地里的一栋小屋里。
  He lives alone in a little cottage in the swamp.
• 水从喷泉中涌出，在溪流中向下流，在溪涧中奔走，在池塘中安定，在河流中顺势流，在漩涡中回旋，并形成沼泽。
  Water springs out of a fountain, flows downwards in a brook, runs in a beck, stands in a pond, glides in the stream, is whirled about in a whirlpool and causes fens.
• 今天是 2025 年 7 月 3 日，阳光明媚。7 月 7日是日本的七夕。今天早上，在露露岛上，我两次去了提姆霍顿斯咖啡馆，先是点了燕麦奶冰咖啡，然后又点了草莓西瓜气泡饮配香肠卷。我还去了「蛤蜊寺」。路上，我瞥了一眼迷人的竹林。一位老人在竹林旁挖了几个坑，用吃剩的芒果和樱桃堆肥。在咖啡馆里，我和格雷格聊了起来。格雷格是个白人，他梦想着和他的日本妻子在北海道钏路开一家民宿。那里的特色是当地的阿伊努族人和沼泽地。今天，剃着光头的格雷格穿着米色 T 恤和米色短裤，也许带着一丝恰巴卡诺酒的韵味？
  It's a sunny 3rd of July of 2025. On the 7th will be the Star Festival—Tanabata—in Japan. This morning, here on Lulu Island, I strolled to Tim Hortons café twice—Iced Coffee with oat milk, then Strawberry Watermelon Sparkling Quencher with a Sausage Farmer's Wrap. I went to the "Clam Temple." On the way, I glanced at the charming bamboo grove. An old man had dug holes beside it to put compost—eaten mangoes and cherries. At the café, I spoke to Greg, the white man who eventually wants to own a B&B in Kushiro, Hokkaido, with his Japanese wife. The native Ainu and marshes are attractions there. Today, head-shaven Greg is wearing a beige T-shirt and beige shorts—maybe a hint of Chabacano?

Words starting with 沼

• 沼泽zhǎo zémarsh; swamp; wetlands
• 沼泽地zhǎo zé dìmarsh; swamp; everglade
• 沼气zhǎo qìmarsh gas; methane CH4
• 沼泽地带zhǎo zé dì dàimarsh; swamp; everglade
• 沼泽山雀zhǎo zé shān què(bird species of China) marsh tit (Poecile palustris)
• 沼狸zhǎo lí(zoology) coypu; nutria
• 沼泽大尾莺zhǎo zé dà wěi yīng(bird species of China) striated grassbird (Megalurus palustris)

Words containing 沼

• 泥沼ní zhǎoswamp
• 池沼chí zhǎopool; pond
• 湖沼hú zhǎolakes and marshes
• 湖沼学hú zhǎo xuélimnology
• 日本沼虾Rì běn zhǎo xiāoriental river prawn (Macrobrachium nipponense), a species of freshwater shrimp, also…

Characters built on 召

These share the phonetic component 召 (zhào), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 超chāoto exceed; to overtake; to surpass
• 绍shàoto continue; to carry on
• 招zhāoto recruit; to provoke; to beckon
• 昭zhāobright; clear; manifest
• 邵Shàosurname Shao; place name
• 诏zhào(literary) to admonish; (bound form) imperial edict
• 韶sháo(literary) splendid; glorious
• 劭shàostimulate to effort

Characters that look like 沼

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

• 建jiànto establish; to found; to set up
• 迷míto bewilder; crazy about; fan
• 闹nàonoisy; cacophonous; to make noise
• 盾dùnshield; (currency) Vietnamese dong; currency unit of several countries…
• 泪lèi(bound form) tears; teardrops
• 迢tiáoremote

Sounds the same

Read zhǎo, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 找to try to find; to look for; to call on sb
• 爪foot of a bird or animal; paw; claws
• 爫"claw" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 87)