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罩

zhào

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 character level 7-9 Character

罩 (zhào) means "cover; fish trap (basket); shade". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 罩 means

1. to cover; to spread over
2. a cover; a shade; a hood
3. bamboo fish trap
4. bamboo chicken coop
5. Taiwancolloquialto protect; to have sb's back
6. Taiwancolloquialawesome; incredible
7. Taiwancolloquial(often as {罩得住|zhào dé zhù}) to have things under control; to be able to handle it

Example sentences

• 我的胸罩脏了。
  Wǒ de xiōngzhào zāng le.
  My bra is dirty.
• 汤姆脱了口罩。
  Tāngmǔ tuō le kǒuzhào.
  Tom took off his mask.
• 我的口罩在哪？
  Where's my mask?
• 阴霾笼罩着伦敦。
  The haze enveloped London.
• 这件罩衫是棉的。
  This blouse is cotton.
• 汤姆被蒙上了眼罩。
  Tom was blindfolded.

Words starting with 罩

• 罩子zhào zicover; casing
• 罩杯zhào bēicup (bra size)
• 罩衣zhào yīoveralls
• 罩门zhào ménAchilles' heel; chink in the armor
• 罩衫zhào shānsmock
• 罩袍zhào páoChinese-style long robe worn as outermost garment; burqa

Words containing 罩

• 笼罩lǒng zhàoto envelop; to shroud
• 口罩kǒu zhàomask (surgical etc)
• 面罩miàn zhàomask; visor; facepiece (e.g. diving suit, gas mask)
• 乳罩rǔ zhàobra
• 灯罩dēng zhàocover of lamp; lampshade; glass cover of oil lamp
• 眼罩yǎn zhàoeye-patch; blindfold; eye mask
• 奶罩nǎi zhàobra; brassière
• 床罩chuáng zhàobedspread
• 耳罩ěr zhàoearmuffs
• 胸罩xiōng zhàobrassiere (underwear); bra
• 脸罩liǎn zhàovisor
• 钟罩zhōng zhàobell jar; dome (used to enclose or protect sth)
• 雾罩wù zhàofog; mist
• 头罩tóu zhàohairnet; hood; cowl
• 整流罩zhěng liú zhàofairing
• 泡罩塔pào zhào tǎdistillation tower; bubble tower; plate column
• 玻璃罩bō li zhàoglass cover; bell glass
• 防喷罩fáng pēn zhàopop filter (audio engineering)
• 安全眼罩ān quán yǎn zhàosafety goggles
• 防毒面罩fáng dú miàn zhàogas mask
• 云山雾罩yún shān wù zhào(lit.) enveloped in clouds and mist (idiom); (fig.) (of speech or writing) unclear…
• 纱布口罩shā bù kǒu zhàogauze mask
• 轮毂罩lún gǔ zhàohubcap

Characters built on 卓

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

• 悼dàoto mourn; to lament
• 焯chāoto blanch; to parboil
• 淖nàoslush; mud
• 棹zhàooar (archaic); scull; paddle

Characters that look like 罩

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

• 奠diànto fix; to settle; a libation to the dead
• 翠cuìbluish-green; green jade
• 孳zīindustrious; produce; bear
• 摹mó(bound form) to imitate; to copy
• 覃tándeep
• 睪yìto spy out

Sounds the same

Read zhào, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 照according to; in accordance with; to shine
• 召to call together; to summon; to convene
• 兆(bound form) omen; to foretell; million; mega-
• 赵to surpass (old)
• 诏(literary) to admonish; (bound form) imperial edict
• 肇at first; devise; originate
• 棹oar (archaic); scull; paddle
• 笊loosely woven bamboo ladle
• 曌name invented for herself by Tang empress Wu Zetian 武则天
• 啅chirp
• 垗sacrifice
• 旐banner

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• How characters are built from components.
• How to learn Chinese characters.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read zhào correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.