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兆

zhào
noun #12,655

Meanings

  1. 1 omen; portent; sign
  2. 2 million; mega-
  3. 3 (Taiwan) trillion; tera-

Examples

这是一个不祥的兆头。
Zhè shì yī gè bùxiáng de zhàotou.
This is an ominous sign.
这个硬盘有一兆字节的容量。
Zhège yìngpán yǒu yī zhào zìjié de róngliàng.
This hard drive has a capacity of one megabyte.

Tips

usage
In mainland China, 兆 means million (10⁶) in computing contexts. In Taiwan, it means trillion (10¹²). This causes confusion in cross-strait technical discussions.

Stroke Order

兆 zhào