照镜子

照鏡子

zhàojìngzi

phrase #11,731

Meanings

1 to look in the mirror

Characters

shine; reflect; look at

Examples

她每天早上都要照镜子。

Tā měitiān zǎoshang dōu yào zhàojìngzi.

She looks in the mirror every morning.

你照照镜子，看看自己什么样子。

Nǐ zhào zhaojìngzi, kànkan zìjǐ shénmeyàng zi.

Look in the mirror and see what you look like.

Tips

grammar

照镜子 is a verb-object (离合词) construction. You can insert words between 照 and 镜子, e.g. 照照镜子 or 照了一下镜子.

Stroke Order

照 zhào

镜 jìng

子 zǐ