扫帚

掃帚

sàozhou

noun HSK 7-9 #11,556

Measure Word

一把扫帚 bǎ

Meanings

1 broom

Characters

Examples

HSK 3

请拿扫帚把地扫一扫。

Qǐng ná sàozhou bǎ dì sǎoyīsǎo.

Please take the broom and sweep the floor.

HSK 3

扫帚放在门后面。

Sàozhou fàngzài 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 zhǒu