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sǎo = s + ao3
to sweep
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sào = s + ao4
broom
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How to pronounce 扫

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= s initial

Socrates.

By Matthias • updated 3 months ago
+ ao3 final

In the aorta’s living room.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago
= s initial

Socrates.

By Matthias • updated 3 months ago
+ ao4 final

In the aorta’s bathroom.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago

扫 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
= ji + Ø4
pig snout (Kangxi radical 58)
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shǒu = sh + ou3
"hand" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 64), occurring in 提, 把, 打 etc
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Characters with 扫 as component

扫 is not used as a component in another character.
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Words with 扫

to clean / to sweep
to sweep the floor / (fig.) (of one's reputation etc) to reach rock bottom / to be at an all-time low

Sentences with 扫

zhēn
shì
sǎo
xìng
de
hěn
na

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sǎo / sào

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