罩 meaning in English

zhào

to cover; to spread over; a cover; a shade; a hood

HSK 7-9verbnoun13 strokes

Meaning of 罩

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

zhào
  1. to cover; to spread over
  2. a cover; a shade; a hood
  3. bamboo fish trap
  4. bamboo chicken coop
  5. (Tw) (coll.) to protect; to have sb's back
  6. (Tw) (coll.) awesome; incredible
  7. (Tw) (coll.) (often as 罩得住[zhao4 de2 zhu4]) to have things under control; to be able to handle it

罩 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

你nǐ穿chuān什shén么me罩zhào杯bēi的de内nèi衣yī?
What bra cup size do you wear?
汤tāng姆mǔ被bèi蒙méng上shàng了le眼yǎn罩zhào。
Tom was blindfolded.
我wǒ的de胸xiōng罩zhào脏zāng了le。
My bra is dirty.
汤tāng姆mǔ脱tuō了le口kǒu罩zhào。
Tom took his mask off.
田tián野yě和hé小xiǎo径jìng被bèi雾wù气qì笼lǒng罩zhào著zhù。
Mist hung over the fields and footpaths.

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罩 zhào · to cover · 13 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 罩.

笼罩lǒngzhàoto envelop; to shroud
口罩kǒuzhàomask (surgical etc)
胸罩xiōngzhàobrassiere (underwear); bra
面罩miànzhàomask; visor
眼罩yǎnzhàoeye-patch; blindfold
罩杯zhàobēicup (bra size)

Questions about 罩

What does 罩 mean?

罩 (zhào) means "to cover; to spread over; a cover; a shade; a hood" and is used as a verb and noun.

How do you write 罩?

罩 is made of 1 character: 罩 (13 strokes). That is 13 strokes in total.

Is 罩 an HSK word?

Yes. 罩 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.