邵 (shào): surname Shao, place name
邵 (shào) is a Chinese character meaning “place name.” Outside the HSK 3.0 syllabus (CLEC 2022), it is composed of 召 (phonetic) and 阝 (semantic). It ranks #4753 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 邵 place. Its radical form 阝 (mound) appears in many related characters such as 那 (nà, (specifier) that), 都 (dōu, all), 院 (yuàn, courtyard).
Definitions
- surname Shao
- place name
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 邵东市 | shào dōng shì | Shaodong, a county-level city in Shaoyang City 邵陽市|邵阳市, Hunan |
| 邵武市 | shào wǔ shì | Shaowu, a county-level city in Nanping City 南平市, Fujian |
| 邵阳市 | shào yáng shì | Shaoyang, prefecture-level city in Hunan Province 湖南省 |
| 新邵县 | xīn shào xiàn | Xinshao, a county in Shaoyang City 邵陽市|邵阳市, Hunan |
| 新邵 | xīn shào | see 新邵縣|新邵县 |
| 邵东 | shào dōng | see 邵東市|邵东市 |
| 邵伯湖 | shào bó hú | Shaobo Lake, freshwater lake in Jiangsu Province |
| 邵阳县 | shào yáng xiàn | Shaoyang, a county in Shaoyang City 邵陽市|邵阳市, Hunan |
| 邵武proper-noun | shào wǔ | see 邵武市 |
| 邵族noun | shào zú | Thao, one of the indigenous peoples of Taiwan |
| 邵阳proper-noun | shào yáng | see 邵陽市|邵阳市 |
| 邵逸夫 | shào yì fū | Run Run Shaw (1907-2014), Hong Kong movie and television tycoon |
| 邵飘萍 | shào piāo píng | Shao Piaoping (1884-1926), pioneer of journalism and founder of newspaper Beijing Press 京報|京报, executed in 1926 by wa... |
| 邵雍 | shào yōng | Shao Yong (1011-1077), Northern Song poet and Rationalist scholar 理學家|理学家 |
邵 appears in 14 compound words: 86 as the first character, 7 as the last, and 7 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Example Sentences
第17分钟,王妍雯禁区横传,邵子钦打门高出横梁,中国队错失破门良机。
dì 1 7 fēn zhōng , wáng yán wén jìn qū héng chuán , shào zǐ qīn dǎ mén gāo chū héng liáng , zhōng guó duì cuò shī pò mén liáng jī .
In the 17th minute, Wang Yanwen sent a cross into the box, but Shao Ziqin’s shot sailed over the crossbar, and the Chinese team missed a golden opportunity to score.
首次亮相中网女单正赛的小将邵羽杉、林禹君、渠依含均不敌对手,止步首轮。
shǒu cì liàng xiāng zhōng wǎng nǚ dān zhèng sài de xiǎo jiāng shào yǔ 杉 , lín yǔ jūn , qú yī hán jūn bù dí duì shǒu , zhǐ bù shǒu lún .
Young players Shao Yushan, Lin Yujun, and Qu Yihan, all making their debuts in the main draw of the China Open women’s singles tournament, lost to their opponents and were eliminated in the first round.
在邵雁导演的指导下,王静表示,自己最大的收获便是读懂了“克制的悲痛”。
zài shào yàn dǎo yǎn de zhǐ dǎo xià , wáng jìng biǎo shì , zì jǐ zuì dà de shōu huò biàn shì dú dǒng le kè zhì de bēi tòng .
Under the guidance of Director Shao Yan, Wang Jing said that her greatest takeaway was gaining an understanding of “restrained grief.”
演员阵容还包含许亚军、保剑锋、赵文瑄、李玲玉、柯淳、陈龙、刘钧、邵峰、戴军等。
yǎn yuán zhèn róng hái bāo hán xǔ yà jūn , bǎo jiàn fēng , zhào wén 瑄 , lǐ líng yù , kē chún , chén lóng , liú jūn , shào fēng , dài jūn děng .
The cast also includes Xu Yajun, Bao Jianfeng, Zhao Wenxuan, Li Lingyu, Ke Chun, Chen Long, Liu Jun, Shao Feng, Dai Jun, and others.
配合邵氏武侠式的假山假水、复古胶片质感及古装夸张表演,迅速带来了大量的二创。
pèi hé shào shì wǔ xiá shì de jiǎ shān jiǎ shuǐ , fù gǔ jiāo piàn zhì gǎn jí gǔ zhuāng kuā zhāng biǎo yǎn , xùn sù dài lái le dà liàng de èr chuàng .
Combined with Shaw Brothers-style martial arts-inspired artificial hills and water features, a retro film grain aesthetic, and exaggerated period-drama performances, it quickly spawned a large number of fan-created works.
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 阝 (place) component
Homophones — Characters pronounced shào
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