澡 (zǎo): bath
澡 (zǎo) is a Chinese character meaning “bath.” Classified as HSK Level 3 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 氵 (semantic) and 喿 (phonetic). It ranks #2560 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 澡 water. Its radical form 氵 (water) appears in many related characters such as 水 (shuǐ, water), 汉 (hàn, Han ethnic group), 汽 (qì, steam).
Definitions
- bath
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 澡
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 冲澡 | chōng zǎo | to take a shower |
| 澡堂 | zǎo táng | public baths |
| 澡盆 | zǎo pén | bath tub |
| 擦澡 | cā zǎo | to rub down with a wet towel |
| 澡塘 | zǎo táng | communal bath |
| 热水澡 | rè shuǐ zǎo | hot bath or shower |
| 洗澡间 | xǐ zǎo jiān | bathroom |
| 澡身浴德 | zǎo shēn yù dé | to bathe the body and cleanse virtue (idiom) |
| 鸟澡盆 | niǎo zǎo pén | birdbath |
| 澡垢索疵 | zǎo gòu suǒ cī | to wash the dirt to find a defect (idiom) |
| 泡澡 | pào zǎo | to bathe |
| 澡巾 | zǎo jīn | scrub mitt |
| 澡罐 | zǎo guàn | tub (used for ablutions in a monastery) |
澡 appears in 14 compound words: 50 as the first character, 36 as the last, and 14 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 澡 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (2)
Example Sentences
每天洗澡保持清洁。
Měitiān xǐ zǎo bǎochí qīngjié.
Take a bath every day to stay clean.
毕旅玩过头!高职生偷拍洗澡片恶搞下场曝
bì lǚ wán guò tóu ! gāo zhí shēng tōu pāi xǐ zǎo piàn è gǎo xià chǎng pù
Graduation Trip Gone Too Far! Vocational High School Student's Prank Involving Secretly Filmed Shower Footage Backfires
发明洗澡吃橙子的人是个天才?揭秘“浴室水果”背后...
fā míng xǐ zǎo chī chéng zǐ de rén shì gè tiān cái ? jiē mì yù shì shuǐ guǒ bèi hòu . . .
The man who invented the bath and eating oranges was a genius? Revealing the "bathroom fruit" behind it...
浙江男子铁锅里泡澡,底下还烧着火,一个接一个!杭州..
zhè jiāng nán zǐ tiě guō lǐ pāo zǎo , de xià hái shāo zhe huǒ , yī gě jiē yī gě ! háng zhōu . .
Zhejiang man in the iron pot bath, underneath the fire, one after another! Hangzhou ...
我可不可以早上洗澡？
Wǒ kěbu kěyǐ zǎoshang xǐzǎo?
May I take a shower in the morning?
我们一起洗澡，好吗？
Wǒmen yīqǐ xǐzǎo, hǎo ma?
Shall we take a bath together?
我通常在晚上洗澡。
Wǒ tōngcháng zài wǎnshang xǐzǎo.
I usually take a shower in the evening.
我睡觉前总要洗个澡。
Wǒ shuìjiào qián zǒng yào xǐ ge zǎo.
I always take a bath before going to bed.
我在洗澡的时候，电话响了。
Wǒ zài xǐzǎo de shíhou, diànhuà xiǎng le.
The phone rang while I was taking a shower.
暂时下线洗澡吃饭，过40分左右回来!
Zànshí xiàxiàn xǐzǎo chīfàn, guo 40 fēn zuǒyòu huílai!
Break for bath & food, back in about 40 minutes!
Character Family
Frequently Asked Questions
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