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皂

zào

HSK 5 Character

What 皂 means

1. soap
2. black

Example sentences

• 肥皂没了。
  The soap has run out.
• 没有任何肥皂。
  Méiyǒu rènhé féizào.
  There isn't any soap.
• 他们用肥皂洗手。
  Tāmen yòng féizào xǐshǒu.
  They wash their hands with soap.
• 他眼里进肥皂了。
  He got shampoo in his eyes.
• 肥皂可以清除脏污。
  Féizào kěyǐ qīngchú zāng wū.
  Soap can clean grime.
• 这块肥皂里添加了天然香料。
  Zhè kuài féizào lǐ tiānjiā le tiānrán xiāngliào.
  This soap is infused with natural fragrances.

Words starting with 皂

• 皂石zào shísoapstone
• 皂素zào sù(chemistry) saponin
• 皂角zào jiǎoChinese honey locust (Gleditsia sinensis)
• 皂碱zào jiǎnsoap; same as 肥皂
• 皂苷zào gān(chemistry) saponin
• 皂荚zào jiáChinese honey locust (Gleditsia sinensis)
• 皂荚树zào jiá shùChinese honey locust (Gleditsia sinensis)
• 皂矾zào fángreen vitriol (ferrous sulfate FeSO4:7H2O)

Words containing 皂

• 肥皂féi zàosoap
• 香皂xiāng zàoperfumed soap; toilet soap
• 肥皂泡féi zào pàosoap bubble
• 不分青红皂白bù fēn qīng hóng zào báinot distinguishing red-green or black-white (idiom)…
• 洗发皂xǐ fà zàoshampoo
• 给皂器jǐ zào qìsoap dispenser
• 肥皂剧féi zào jùsoap opera (loanword)
• 肥皂水féi zào shuǐsoapy water
• 肥皂沫féi zào mòsoapy lather; foam
• 不分皂白bù fēn zào báinot distinguishing black or white (idiom); not to distinguish between right and wrong
• 青红皂白qīng hóng zào báithe rights and wrongs of a matter (idiom)
• 不问青红皂白bù wèn qīng hóng zào báinot distinguishing red-green or black-white (idiom)…
• 牛骥同皂niú jì tóng zàocow and famous steed at the same trough (idiom); fig. the common and the great are…
• 罗皂luó zàovariant of 啰唣

Characters that look like 皂

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

• 危wēidanger; to endanger; Taiwan pr. wéi
• 卷juànscroll; book; volume
• 尾wěitail; remainder; remnant
• 龟guītortoise; turtle; (colloquial) cuckold
• 兔tùrabbit
• 羌qiāngmuntjac; grammar particle indicating nonsense (classical)

Sounds the same

Read zào, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 造to make; to build; to manufacture
• 燥dry; parched; impatient; vexed; (bound form) (Taiwan pr. sào) minced meat
• 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