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燥

zào

HSK 5 Character

What 燥 means

1. dry; parched
2. impatient; vexed
3. bound form(Taiwan pr. sào) minced meat

Example sentences

• 这是片干燥地区，几乎是一片荒漠。
  It is an arid region, almost a desert.
• 这里的夏天很潮湿，另外，冬天很干燥。
  Zhèlǐ de xiàtiān hěn cháoshī, lìngwài, dōngtiān hěn gānzào.
  It gets very humid here in the summer. In the winter, on the other hand, it gets very dry.
• 寒冷干燥，灿烂的阳光，多么美丽的冬日天气!
  Hánlěng gānzào, cànlàn de yángguāng, duōme měilì de dōng rì tiānqì!
  Cold and dry, splendid sunshine, what beautiful winter weather!
• 如果没有了音乐，这个世界一定会变得十分枯燥乏味。
  Rúguǒ méiyǒu le yīnyuè, zhège shìjiè yīdìng huì biànde shífēn kūzào fáwèi.
  If not for music, the world would be a dull place.
• 蝉破土而出后，会蜕皮，等待身体干燥变硬，然后飞到树顶觅食和寻找配偶，它们通过发出响亮的蝉鸣来寻找配偶。
  Once out of the ground, the cicadas molt and wait for their bodies to dry and harden, then they fly to the tops of trees where they feed and look for a mate, which they do by making a loud buzz.

Words starting with 燥

• 燥热zào rèuncomfortably hot and dry; stiflingly hot; (of the body) flushed and feverishly warm…
• 燥子zào ziminced meat; Taiwan pr. sào zi

Words containing 燥

• 干燥gān zào(of weather, climate, soil etc) dry; arid; (of skin, mouth etc) dry; (fig.) dull; dry…
• 枯燥kū zàodry and dull; uninteresting; tedious
• 口干舌燥kǒu gān shé zàolit. dry mouth and tongue (idiom); to talk too much
• 秋燥qiū zàoautumn dryness disease (TCM)
• 肉燥ròu zào(Taiwan) minced pork stewed with soy sauce and spices…
• 干燥剂gān zào jìdesiccant
• 干燥机gān zào jīa drier
• 大便干燥dà biàn gān zàoconstipated
• 枯燥无味kū zào wú wèitedious; dreary
• 暴燥bào zàovariant of 暴躁
• 浮燥fú zàovariant of 浮躁
• 焦燥jiāo zàovariant of 焦躁

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
• 澡zǎobath
• 躁zàoimpatient; hot-tempered
• 臊sàoshame; bashfulness; to shame

Characters that look like 燥

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

• 操cāoto grasp; to hold; to operate
• 瞧qiáoto look at; to see; to see (a doctor)
• 蹂róutrample
• 镰lián(bound form) sickle
• 臆yì(bound form) chest; breast; (bound form) inner feelings; subjective
• 臊sàoshame; bashfulness; to shame

Sounds the same

Read zào, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 造to make; to build; to manufacture
• 皂soap; black
• 噪(literary) (of birds or insects) to chirp; (bound form) to make a cacophonous noise
• 灶kitchen stove; kitchen; mess; canteen
• 躁impatient; hot-tempered
• 皁black; police runners, from the black clothes formerly worn by them
• 慥sincere
• 梍Chinese honey locust (Gleditsia sinensis); now written zào jiá 皂荚
• 煰dry (old variant of 燥
• 簉deputy; subordinate; concubine
• 趮easily provoked, hasty; fierce, cruel
• 唣used in 啰唣