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燥

zào

dry, parched, arid; quick-tempered

Strokes
17
Radical
火
HSK
4
Tone
4

Stroke order

Example sentences

  • 这是片干燥地区,几乎是一片荒漠。

    Zhè shì piàn gān zào dì qū jī hū shì yī piàn huāng mò

    It is an arid region, almost a desert.

  • 这里的夏天很潮湿,另外,冬天很干燥。

    Zhè lǐ de xià tiān hěn cháo shī lìng wài dōng tiān hěn gān zào

    It gets very humid here in the summer. In the winter, on the other hand, it gets very dry.

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Words containing 燥

  • 干燥gān zào 1–4 to dry (of weather, paint, cement etc); desiccation; dull; uninteresting; arid
  • 枯燥kū zào 1–4 dry and dull; uninteresting; dry-as-dust