燥
Ancient forms
1 formGlyphs: Wikimedia Commons, public domain.
Meaning
zào zao4
- dry; parched
- impatient; vexed
- (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [sào]) minced meat
Example sentences
- It gets very humid here in the summer. In the winter, on the other hand, it gets very dry.
- Cold and dry, splendid sunshine, what beautiful winter weather!
HSK words with 燥
More words with 燥
- 燥子 zàozi minced meat
- 燥热 zàorè uncomfortably hot and dry; stiflingly hot; (of the body) flushed and feverishly warm; (fig.) agitated; restless; irritable; (TCM) dry-heat
- 肉燥 ròuzào (Tw) minced pork stewed with soy sauce and spices (served with rice or noodles, or as a filling in buns etc)
- 秋燥 qiūzào autumn dryness disease (TCM)
- 干燥机 gānzàojī a drier
- 干燥剂 gānzàojì desiccant
- 大便干燥 dàbiàngānzào constipated
- 口干舌燥 kǒugānshézào lit. dry mouth and tongue (idiom); to talk too much
- 枯燥无味 kūzàowúwèi tedious