照

Variant of 照 in Chinese: 照 (zhào)

zhào

variant of 照

HSK 3.0 Level 3Traditional: 炤1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1variant of 照
  2. 2to shine
  3. 3to illuminate

Stroke order

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照

Zhuyin

This word’s pronunciation in Bopomofo.

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ㄓㄠˋ

zhào

ㄓ/ zhㄠ/ aoˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

照

Simplified

炤

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 阳光照进了我的房间。

    yáng guāng zhào jìn le wǒ de fáng jiān。

    Sunlight shone into my room.

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Related words

护照

hù zhào

passport

照顾

zhào gu

to take care of

照片

zhào piàn

photograph

按照

àn zhào

according to

照常

zhào cháng

as usual

执照

zhí zhào

license

照相

zhào xiàng

to take a photograph

拍照

pāi zhào

to take a picture

驾照

jià zhào

driver's license

依照

yī zhào

according to

照样

zhào yàng

as before

照耀

zhào yào

to shine

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