扫
描

To scan in Chinese: 扫描 (sǎo miáo)

sǎo miáo

to scan

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 掃描1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1to scan

Stroke order

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扫
描

Zhuyin

This word’s pronunciation in Bopomofo.

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ㄙㄠˇ

sǎo

ㄙ/ sㄠ/ aoˇ/ third tone

ㄇㄧㄠˊ

miáo

ㄇ/ mㄧ/ iㄠ/ aoˊ/ second tone

Simplified & traditional

扫描

Simplified

掃描

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 请用手机扫描这个二维码。

    qǐng yòng shǒu jī sǎo miáo zhè ge èr wéi mǎ。

    Please use your phone to scan this QR code.

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Related words

扫

sǎo

to sweep

打扫

dǎ sǎo

to clean

描写

miáo xiě

to describe

描述

miáo shù

to describe

描绘

miáo huì

to describe

扫除

sǎo chú

to sweep

扫墓

sǎo mù

to sweep a grave (and pay one's respects to the dead person)

扫兴

sǎo xìng

to spoil things

素描

sù miáo

sketch

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