雕 (diāo) means Carve (vulture). Below are 5 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
广场中央有一座 雕 塑。
Guǎngchǎng zhōngyāng yǒu yí zuò diāosù.
There is a sculpture in the middle of the square.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 中央
这块玉上 雕 刻着一条龙。
Zhè kuài yù shang diāokèzhe yì tiáo lóng.
A dragon is carved into this piece of jade.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 雕刻
他大学学的是 雕 塑专业。
Tā dàxué xué de shì diāosù zhuānyè.
He studied sculpture at university.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 雕塑
广场中央有一座青铜 雕 塑。
Guǎngchǎng zhōngyāng yǒu yí zuò qīngtóng diāosù.
There is a bronze sculpture in the middle of the square.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 雕塑
他花了半年时间 雕 刻这尊佛像。
Tā huā le bàn nián shíjiān diāokè zhè zūn fóxiàng.
He spent six months carving this Buddha statue.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 雕刻
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Words that contain 雕
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Questions about 雕
How is 雕 used in a sentence?
This page shows 5 sentences using 雕 (diāo, "Carve (vulture)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 雕 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 雕 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Where can I see the full entry for 雕?
The dictionary page for 雕 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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