扫帚 (sàozhou): broom

Measure Word

一把扫帚 bǎ

Meanings

1 broom

Characters

Examples

HSK 3

扫帚放在门后面。

Sàozhou fàngzài mén hòumiàn.

The broom is behind the door.

HSK 4

请拿扫帚把地扫一扫。

Qǐng ná sàozhou bǎ dì sǎoyīsǎo.

Please take the broom and sweep the floor.

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

Related Words

扫 sǎo HSK 4 #4,782

to sweep (with a broom or brush) / to sweep away; to wipe out; to get rid of / to sweep over; to scan (eyes, a beam, a code)

扫描 sǎomiáo HSK 7-9 #3,597

to scan / to sweep (a beam or sensor over something)

扫地 sǎodì #8,279

to sweep the floor / to be completely ruined; to be disgraced

扫兴 sǎoxìng HSK 7-9 #8,403

disappointing / to have one's spirits dampened / to be a buzzkill

打扫 dǎsǎo HSK 4 #2,991

to clean / to sweep

扫描仪 sǎomiáoyí #12,047

scanner

扫荡 sǎodàng #13,479

to mop up; to sweep clean (military) / to crack down on; to eradicate

扫把 sàobǎ #18,723

broom

清扫 qīngsǎo #12,283

to clean up / to sweep / to mop up

扫射 sǎoshè #17,655

to strafe / to rake with machine gunfire