照 zhào
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 灬 — fire
- Made of
- 昭 bright, luminous 灬 fire
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
照料
zhàoliào
to look after; to take care of
Characters in this word
料 liào
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 斗 — to struggle, to fight, to contend
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 辛苦你细心照料这些花，它们长得特别好。 Xīnkǔ nǐ xìxīn zhàoliào zhèxiē huā, tāmen zhǎng de tèbié hǎo. Thank you for taking good care of these flowers; they've grown really well.
- 护士日夜照料病人，希望他早日康复。 Hùshi rìyè zhàoliào bìngrén, xīwàng tā zǎorì kāngfù. The nurses looked after the patient day and night, hoping he would recover soon.
- 她一个人照料三个孩子，非常辛苦。 Tā yīgè rén zhàoliào sān gè háizi, fēicháng xīnkǔ. She looks after three children all by herself, which is very hard work.
Related words
- 护照 hùzhào passport
- 照顾 zhàogù to take care of
- 照片 zhàopiàn photo
- 照相 zhàoxiàng to take a photo
- 按照 ànzhào according to
- 照 zhào to shine on; to take a photo
- 拍照 pāizhào to take photos
- 驾照 jiàzhào driver's license
- 依照 yīzhào according to
- 照明 zhàomíng lighting
- 参照 cānzhào to refer to; by reference to
- 对照 duìzhào to compare; to check against; contrast