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照耀

zhào yào

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

照耀 (zhào yào) means "to shine; to illuminate". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 照耀 means

1. to shine
2. to illuminate

The characters in 照耀

• 照zhàoaccording to; in accordance with; to shine
• 耀yàobrilliant; glorious

Example sentences

• 月光在照耀着。
  Yuèguāng zài zhàoyào zhe.
  The moon is shining.
• 月亮和星星在上空照耀着。
  Yuèliang hé xīngxing zài shàngkōng zhàoyào zhe.
  The moon and stars were shining above us.

Where 照耀 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 yào correctly.
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