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照料

zhào liào

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

照料 (zhào liào) means "to tend; to take care of sb". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 照料 means

1. to tend
2. to take care of sb

The characters in 照料

• 照zhàoaccording to; in accordance with; to shine
• 料liàomaterial; stuff; grain

Example sentences

• 她忙着照料孩子。
  Tā mángzhe zhàoliào háizi.
  She is busy with the care of her children.
• 9 月进行的初步体检显示，由于照料不当和围栏地面破损，导致大象的爪子开裂并过度生长，从而损伤了它的脚。
  An initial medical examination conducted in September showed the elephant’s nails had cracked and were overgrown due to improper care and an insufficient enclosure with flooring that damaged its feet.

Where 照料 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · zhào–zhù (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read zhào liào correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.