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勺 sháo

spoon, ladle; unit of volume

Strokes
3
Level
HSK 4
Radical
勹
Type
Ideograph
Made of 勹丶 ⿹勹丶

Memory hint: A spoon 勹 with something in it 丶

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  1. 请给我一个勺子。
    Qǐng gěi wǒ yí ge sháozi.
    Please give me a spoon.
    please give me one (measure) spoon
  2. 你用勺子还是筷子吃饭？
    Nǐ yòng sháozi háishi kuàizi chīfàn?
    Do you eat with a spoon or chopsticks?
    you use spoon or chopsticks eat-meal
  3. 请用勺子舀点儿汤吧。
    Qǐng yòng sháozi yǎo diǎnr tāng ba.
    Please scoop some soup with the spoon.
    please use spoon scoop a-bit soup (suggestion)
  4. 桌子上没有干净的勺子。
    Zhuōzi shàng méiyǒu gānjìng de sháozi.
    There's no clean spoon on the table.
    table on not-have clean (particle) spoon
  5. 吃饭前，服务员给每个人放了一把勺子。
    Chīfàn qián, fúwùyuán gěi měi ge rén fàngle yì bǎ sháozi.
    Before the meal, the waiter placed a spoon for each person.
    eat-meal before, waiter for every (measure) person put(past) one (measure) spoon

Words with 勺 (1)