照 zhào in a sentence
Light up (reflect - shine - photograph - look after - contrast - according to)
照 (zhào) means Light up (reflect - shine - photograph - look after - contrast - according to). Below are 24 of the 39 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
请 照 着这个样子做。
Qǐng zhào zhe zhège yàngzi zuò.
Please do it according to this model.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 照
太阳 照 在身上很暖和。
Tàiyáng zhào zài shēn shàng hěn nuǎnhuo.
The sun shining on you feels warm.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 照
出国要带护 照 。
Chū guó yào dài hùzhào.
You need to take your passport when going abroad.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 护照
她在家 照 顾孩子。
Tā zài jiā zhàogù háizi.
She looks after the children at home.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 照顾
阳光 照 进了房间。
Yángguāng zhào jìn le fángjiān.
Sunlight shone into the room.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 阳光
出门别忘了带护 照 。
Chū mén bié wàng le dài hùzhào.
Don't forget to take your passport when you go out.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 带
护 照 就在行李箱里。
Hùzhào jiù zài xínglǐxiāng lǐ.
The passport is right there in the suitcase.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 行李箱
From the graded readers
我拿着 照 片去问她。
wǒ názhe zhàopiàn qù wèn tā.
I took the photo to ask her about it.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · An Old Photograph
照 片已经发黄了，边上还有一点破。
zhàopiàn yǐjīng fā huáng le / liǎo / liào, biān shàng háiyǒu yīdiǎn pò.
It had yellowed, and the edge was slightly torn.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · An Old Photograph
那天晚上，她一直把 照 片放在手边。
nà / nèi tiān wǎnshang, tā yìzhí bǎ zhàopiàn fàng zài shǒu biān.
That evening she kept the photograph beside her.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · An Old Photograph
我还买了几张 照 片，把它们放在了墙上。
wǒ hái / huán mǎile jǐ / jī zhāng zhàopiàn, bǎ tāmen fàng zài le / liǎo / liào qiáng shàng.
I also bought a few photos and put them on the wall.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · My New Room
照 片上的大衣是蓝色的，看起来很暖和。
zhàopiàn shàng de / dì dà yī / yì shì lánsè de / dì, kànqǐlái hěn nuǎnhuo.
The coat in the photo was blue and looked warm.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Shopping Online
我 照 了很多 照 片，可是 照 片没有真的好看。
wǒ zhào le / liǎo / liào hěnduō zhàopiàn, kěshì zhàopiàn méiyǒu zhēnde hǎokàn.
I took a lot of photos, but none of them was as good as the real thing.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · A Trip With Friends
照 片上有四个年轻人，站在一棵大树下面。
zhàopiàn shàng yǒu sì gè niánqīngrén, zhàn zài yī kē dàshù xiàmian.
There were four young people in it, standing under a big tree.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · An Old Photograph
From the travel phrasebook
请多关 照 。
Qǐng duō guānzhào.
I look forward to working together.
Travel phrasebook · Meetings and introductions
这是我的护 照 。
Zhè shì wǒ de hùzhào.
Here's my passport.
Travel phrasebook · High-speed rail and the metro
我已经拍 照 了。
Wǒ yǐjīng pāizhào le.
I've already photographed it.
Travel phrasebook · Quality problems and claims
请拍 照 发给我。
Qǐng pāizhào fā gěi wǒ.
Please photograph it and send it over.
Travel phrasebook · Quality problems and claims
我需要中英文对 照 。
Wǒ xūyào Zhōng-Yīngwén duìzhào.
I need a bilingual version.
Travel phrasebook · Negotiating and pricing
照 appears in 39 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
Words that contain 照
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Questions about 照
How is 照 used in a sentence?
This page shows 39 sentences using 照 (zhào, "Light up (reflect - shine - photograph - look after - contrast - according to)"), 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 照 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 照 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Is 照 an HSK word?
Yes — 照 is on the official HSK 4 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 4 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 照?
The dictionary page for 照 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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