扫帚

掃帚

sàozhou

noun #11,556

Measure Word

一把扫帚 bǎ

Meanings

1 broom

Characters

Examples

请拿扫帚把地扫一扫。

Qǐng ná sàozhou bǎ dì sǎo yī sǎo.

Please take the broom and sweep the floor.

扫帚放在门后面。

Sàozhou fàng zài mén hòumiàn.

The broom is behind the door.

Tips

mistakes

帚 is read as the neutral tone zhou (not zhǒu) in this compound. The standalone character 帚 is zhǒu.

memory

扫 (sweep) + 帚 (broom) = the tool you sweep with. The character 帚 shows a hand holding a broom-like object.

Stroke Order

扫 sǎo

帚 zhou