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躁

zào

HSK 6 Character

What 躁 means

1. impatient; hot-tempered

Example sentences

• 汤姆说他很烦躁。
  Tom said that he was irritated.
• 他早上总是有点脾气暴躁。
  Tā zǎoshang zǒngshì yǒudiǎn píqi bàozào.
  He is always a little irritable in the morning.
• 汤姆是个脾气暴躁的老人。
  Tāngmǔ shì ge píqi bàozào de lǎorén.
  Tom is a grumpy old man.
• 等朋友等太久时,会感到烦躁.
  Děng péngyou děng tài jiǔ shí, huì gǎndào fánzào.
  I feel restless when I have to wait too long for my friend to show up.
• 不要让自己因为一些小事而烦躁了。
  Bù yào ràng zìjǐ yīnwèi yīxiē xiǎoshì ér fánzào le.
  Stop getting yourself worked up over little things.
• 某些动物烦躁不安, 可能是地震临震前的预兆。
  Agitated activity by certain animals may be a sign of an impending earthquake.

Words starting with 躁

• 躁动zào dòngto stir restlessly; to be agitated; commotion
• 躁热zào rèuncomfortably hot; feverish and restless
• 躁狂zào kuángmanic
• 躁狂症zào kuáng zhèngmania; manic episode
• 躁郁症zào yù zhèngbipolar disorder
• 躁狂抑郁症zào kuáng yì yù zhèngmanic depression

Words containing 躁

• 急躁jí zàoirritable; irascible; impetuous
• 烦躁fán zàojittery; twitchy; fidgety
• 浮躁fú zàofickle and impatient; restless; giddy
• 暴躁bào zàoirascible; irritable
• 焦躁jiāo zàofretful; impatient
• 狂躁kuáng zàorash; impetuous; irritable
• 脏躁zàng zàohysteria
• 心烦气躁xīn fán qì zàoagitated; annoyed (idiom)
• 戒骄戒躁jiè jiāo jiè zàoto guard against pride and impatience (idiom); to remain modest and keep cool
• 大肠激躁症dà cháng jī zào zhèngirritable bowel syndrome (IBS)
• 少安毋躁shǎo ān wú zàokeep calm, don't get excited; don't be impatient
• 少安无躁shǎo ān wú zàovariant of 少安毋躁
• 稍安勿躁shāo ān wù zàovariant of 少安毋躁
• 稍安毋躁shāo ān wú zàovariant of 少安毋躁

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
• 燥zàodry; parched; impatient; vexed; (bound form) (Taiwan pr. sào) minced meat
• 澡zǎobath
• 臊sàoshame; bashfulness; to shame

Characters that look like 躁

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

• 耀yàobrilliant; glorious
• 曦xī(literary) sunlight (usu. in early morning)
• 簸bǒto winnow; to toss up and down
• 醺xūnhelplessly intoxicated
• 獾huānbadger
• 蹶juéto stumble; to trample; to kick (of horse)

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
• 皂soap; black
• 噪(literary) (of birds or insects) to chirp; (bound form) to make a cacophonous noise
• 灶kitchen stove; kitchen; mess; canteen
• 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