Chinese words starting with “zao”
24 words in our HSK vocabulary start with the syllable zao. They are sorted by how common they are, so the ones you are most likely to meet come first. The 7 most useful of them have their own page — they are listed first below.
Initial z · final ao · hear the four tones and see example characters →
- 1st tone 7
- 2nd tone 1
- 3rd tone 6
- 4th tone 10
Word counts by tone are counted on the first syllable of each word.
Common words with this syllable
- 造成zào chéngHSK 3
to bring about; to create; to cause
- 早上zǎo shangHSK 1
early morning
- 早就zǎo jiùHSK 2
already at an earlier time
- 早餐zǎo cānHSK 2
breakfast
- 早晨zǎo chénHSK 2
early morning; also pr. [zǎo chen]
- 早已zǎo yǐHSK 3
for a long time; long since; (dialect) in the past
- 早饭zǎo fànHSK 1
breakfast
All 24 words
| # | Word | Pinyin | POS | Meaning | Study list |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 早 | zǎo | ad,a,tg | early; morning; Good morning!; long ago; prematurely | |
| 2 | 造 | zào | v | to make; to build; to manufacture; to invent; to fabricate; to go to; party (in a lawsuit or legal agreement); crop; classifier for crops | |
| 3 | 造型 | zào xíng | n | to model; to shape; appearance; style; design; form; pose | |
| 4 | 遭到 | zāo dào | v | to suffer; to meet with (sth unfortunate) | |
| 5 | 遭遇 | zāo yù | n,v | to meet with; to encounter; (bitter) experience | |
| 6 | 糟糕 | zāo gāo | a | too bad; how terrible; what bad luck; terrible; bad | |
| 7 | 遭受 | zāo shòu | v | to suffer; to sustain (loss, misfortune) | |
| 8 | 早期 | zǎo qī | t,f | early period; early phase; early stage | |
| 9 | 糟 | zāo | a,v | dregs; draff; pickled in wine; rotten; messy; ruined | |
| 10 | 噪音 | zào yīn | n | rumble; noise; static (in a signal) | |
| 11 | 早晚 | zǎo wǎn | d,t | morning and evening; (dialect) some time in the future; some day | |
| 12 | 早日 | zǎo rì | d | soon; at an early date; the early days; the past | |
| 13 | 造就 | zào jiù | v | to bring up; to train; to contribute to; achievements (usually of young people) | |
| 14 | 噪声 | zào shēng | n | noise | |
| 15 | 造反 | zào fǎn | v | to rebel; to revolt | |
| 16 | 造假 | zào jiǎ | v,vn | to counterfeit; to pass off a fake as genuine | |
| 17 | 糟蹋 | zāo tà | v | to waste; to defile; to abuse; to insult; to defile; to trample on; to wreck; also pr. [zāo ta] | |
| 18 | 凿 | záo | v | chisel; to bore a hole; to chisel or dig; (literary) (bound form) certain; authentic; irrefutable; also pr. [zuò] | |
| 19 | 早年 | zǎo nián | t | many years ago; in the past; in one's early years | |
| 20 | 造福 | zào fú | v | to benefit (e.g. the people) | |
| 21 | 遭殃 | zāo yāng | v | to suffer a calamity | |
| 22 | 枣 | zǎo | n | (bound form) jujube; Chinese date (Zizyphus jujuba) | |
| 23 | 造价 | zào jià | n | construction cost | |
| 24 | 造纸术 | zào zhǐ shù | papermaking process |
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