沼 (zhǎo): pond, pool
沼 (zhǎo) is a Chinese character meaning “pond.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 氵 (semantic) and 召 (phonetic). It ranks #2396 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 沼 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
- pond
- pool
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 沼泽noun | zhǎo zé | marsh |
| 沼泽地noun | zhǎo zé dì | marsh |
| 泥沼noun | ní zhǎo | swamp |
| 沼气noun | zhǎo qì | marsh gas |
| 池沼noun | chí zhǎo | pool |
| 沼泽地带 | zhǎo zé dì dài | marsh |
| 湖沼学noun | hú zhǎo xué | limnology |
| 日本沼虾 | rì běn zhǎo xiā | oriental river prawn (Macrobrachium nipponense), a species of freshwater shrimp, also called 青蝦|青虾 |
| 沼泽大尾莺 | zhǎo zé dà wěi yīng | (bird species of China) striated grassbird (Megalurus palustris) |
| 沼泽山雀 | zhǎo zé shān què | (bird species of China) marsh tit (Poecile palustris) |
| 湖沼noun | hú zhǎo | lakes and marshes |
| 沼狸 | zhǎo lí | (zoology) coypu |
沼 appears in 12 compound words: 58 as the first character, 25 as the last, and 17 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 沼 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Example Sentences
暴雨过后,沼水上涨,淹没了低洼的街道。
bào yǔ guò hòu , zhǎo shuǐ shǎng zhǎng , yān méi le dī 洼 de jiē dào .
After the downpour, the swamp water rose, flooding the low-lying streets.
系列制作人青沼英二在直面会上演示了城镇、野外探索、战斗和音乐演奏等内容。
xì liè zhì zuò rén qīng zhǎo yīng èr zài zhí miàn huì shàng yǎn shì le chéng zhèn , yě wài tàn suǒ , zhàn dǒu hé yīn lè yǎn zòu děng nèi róng .
Series producer Eiji Aonuma demonstrated elements such as town life, outdoor exploration, combat, and music performances during the Direct presentation.
先民搬运海量泥土,在沼泽之上垒起十余米高的台地,宫殿建筑矗立高台之上,俯瞰整座古城。
xiān mín bān yùn hǎi liàng ní tǔ , zài zhǎo zé zhī shàng lěi qǐ shí yú mǐ gāo de tái dì , gōng diàn jiàn zhù chù lì gāo tái zhī shàng , fǔ 瞰 zhěng zuò gǔ chéng .
Ancient people hauled vast quantities of earth to build a platform more than ten meters high above the marsh; the palace complex stands atop this elevated platform, overlooking the entire ancient city.
松冈茉优饰演急诊外科医生沼田芙美。
sōng gāng mò yōu shì yǎn jí zhěn wài kē yī shēng zhǎo tián fú měi .
Mayu Matsuoka plays Fumi Numata, an emergency surgeon.
但我们怎么看都没看出来眼前的这一大片沼泽上的草能有这么厚。
dàn wǒ men zěn má kàn dōu méi kàn chū lái yǎn qián de zhè yī dà piàn zhǎo zé shàng de cǎo néng yǒu zhè má hòu .
But no matter how hard we looked, we couldn't tell that the grass covering this vast expanse of marshland was actually that thick.
...战:特朗普“秒杀”哈梅内伊 却自投战争泥沼
. . . zhàn : tè lǎng pǔ miǎo shā hā méi nèi yī què zì tóu zhàn zhēng ní zhǎo
... War: Trump "killed" Khamenei in seconds but threw himself into the quagmire of war
你不能在沼泽地上建造建筑物。
Nǐ bù néng zài zhǎozédì shàng jiànzào jiànzhùwù.
You can't build buildings on swampy land.
他独自一人住在沼泽地里的一栋小屋里。
Tā dúzì yī rén zhù zài zhǎozédì lǐ de yī dòng xiǎowū lǐ.
He lives alone in a little cottage in the swamp.
许多苍鹭在沼泽地中生活。
Xǔduō cānglù zài zhǎozédì zhōng shēnghuó.
Lots of herons live in the marsh.
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 氵 (water) component
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