扫 (sǎo / sào) means Sweep (clean), Broom. Below are 17 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
我周末在家打 扫 房间。
Wǒ zhōumò zài jiā dǎsǎo fángjiān.
I clean my room at home on weekends.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 打扫
同学们轮流打 扫 教室。
Tóngxuémen lúnliú dǎsǎo jiàoshì.
The students take turns cleaning the classroom.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 轮流
这层楼的厕所正在打 扫 。
Zhè céng lóu de cèsuǒ zhèngzài dǎsǎo.
The toilet on this floor is being cleaned.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 厕所
请把房间彻底打 扫 一遍。
Qǐng bǎ fángjiān chèdǐ dǎsǎo yí biàn.
Please give the room a thorough cleaning.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 彻底
他把面包屑 扫 到了一起。
Tā bǎ miànbāo xiè sǎo dào le yìqǐ.
He swept the breadcrumbs together.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 屑
教室是同学们一起打 扫 的。
Jiàoshì shì tóngxuémen yìqǐ dǎsǎo de.
The classroom was cleaned by the students together.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 打扫
他倡议大家一起打 扫 社区。
Tā chàngyì dàjiā yìqǐ dǎsǎo shèqū.
He proposed that everyone clean up the neighbourhood together.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 倡议
清明节人们会去祭 扫 坟墓。
Qīngmíng Jié rénmen huì qù jìsǎo fénmù.
At the Qingming festival people go to sweep the graves.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 坟墓
房间有点儿脏，打 扫 一下吧。
Fángjiān yǒudiǎnr zāng, dǎsǎo yíxià ba.
The room is a bit dirty; let us clean it.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 脏
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From the graded readers
上午我打 扫 了房间，还洗了衣服。
shàngwǔ wǒ dǎsǎo le / liǎo / liào fángjiān, hái / huán xǐ le / liǎo / liào yīfu.
In the morning I cleaned my room and did the washing.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · My Weekend
From the travel phrasebook
我 扫 你还是你 扫 我？
Wǒ sǎo nǐ háishi nǐ sǎo wǒ?
Shall I scan yours or you scan mine?
Travel phrasebook · Paying and mobile payment
请把单证 扫 描给我。
Qǐng bǎ dānzhèng sǎomiáo gěi wǒ.
Please scan the paperwork to me.
Travel phrasebook · Shipping and customs
Words that contain 扫
Each of these has sentences of its own, so you can see the character doing a different job in each one.
Questions about 扫
How is 扫 used in a sentence?
This page shows 17 sentences using 扫 (sǎo / sào, "Sweep (clean), Broom"), 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 扫 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 扫 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 扫?
The dictionary page for 扫 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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