zào = z + ao4
soap / black
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How to pronounce 皂

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.

= z initial

Z is for Zorro.

By Matthias • updated 6 months ago
+ ao4 final

In the aorta’s bathroom.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago

皂 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
bái = b + ai2
white / snowy / pure / bright / empty / blank / plain / clear / to make clear / in vain / gratuitous / free of charge / reactionary / anti-communist / funeral / to stare coldly / to write wrong character / to state / to explain / vernacular / spoken lines in opera
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= qi + Ø1
seven / 7
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Characters with 皂 as component

zào = z + ao4
see 羅唣|罗唣, to create a disturbance / to make trouble / to harass
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zào = z + ao4
variant of 唣[zao4]
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zào = z + ao4
Chinese honey locust (Gleditsia sinensis) / now written zào jiá 皂莢|皂荚
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Words with 皂

not distinguishing red-green or black-white (idiom) / not to distinguish between right and wrong
not distinguishing red-green or black-white (idiom) / not to distinguish between right and wrong

Sentences with 皂

皂 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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zào

soap / black

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