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澡

zǎo

HSK 3 Character

What 澡 means

1. bath

Example sentences

• 我冲澡了。
  Wǒ chōngzǎo le.
  I showered.
• 下线去洗澡
  Xiàxiàn qù xǐzǎo
  Signing off, gonna take a shower.
• 我要洗澡。
  I want to take a bath.
• 我洗了澡。
  I took a shower.
• 我洗澡了。
  I showered.
• 你洗澡了。
  You had a bath.

Words starting with 澡

• 澡堂zǎo tángpublic baths
• 澡盆zǎo pénbath tub
• 澡巾zǎo jīnscrub mitt; shower glove
• 澡罐zǎo guàntub (used for ablutions in a monastery)
• 澡身浴德zǎo shēn yù déto bathe the body and cleanse virtue (idiom); to improve oneself by meditation…
• 澡塘zǎo tángcommunal bath; common pool in bath house

Words containing 澡

• 洗澡xǐ zǎoto bathe; to take a shower
• 擦澡cā zǎoto rub down with a wet towel; to give a sponge bath
• 冲澡chōng zǎoto take a shower
• 泡澡pào zǎoto bathe; to immerse oneself in a warm bath
• 洗澡间xǐ zǎo jiānbathroom; restroom; shower room
• 热水澡rè shuǐ zǎohot bath or shower
• 鸟澡盆niǎo zǎo pénbirdbath

Characters built on 喿

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

• 操cāoto grasp; to hold; to operate
• 噪zào(literary) (of birds or insects) to chirp; (bound form) to make a cacophonous noise
• 燥zàodry; parched; impatient; vexed; (bound form) (Taiwan pr. sào) minced meat
• 躁zàoimpatient; hot-tempered
• 臊sàoshame; bashfulness; to shame

Characters that look like 澡

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

• 骤zhòusudden; unexpected; abrupt
• 豫yùhappy; carefree; at one's ease
• 缭liáoto wind round; to sew with slanting stitches
• 璨càngem; luster of gem
• 臊sàoshame; bashfulness; to shame
• 瘴zhàngmalaria; miasma

Sounds the same

Read zǎo, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 早early; morning; Good morning!
• 枣(bound form) jujube; Chinese date (Zizyphus jujuba)
• 藻aquatic grasses; elegant
• 蚤flea
• 璪pendant of pearls on coronet
• 薻old variant of 藻