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灶 zào

kitchen, oven, stove

Strokes
7
Level
HSK 6
Radical
火
Traditional
竈
Type
Ideograph
Made of 火土 ⿰火土

Memory hint: A clay 土 oven 火

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  1. 她每天在灶前做饭。
    Tā měitiān zài zào qián zuòfàn.
    She cooks in front of the stove every day.
    she every day at stove front cook
  2. 这个灶台是不是坏了？
    Zhège zàotái shì bu shì huài le?
    Is this stovetop broken?
    this (measure) stovetop is not is broken (particle)
  3. 用完以后请把灶台擦干净。
    Yòng wán yǐhòu qǐng bǎ zàotái cā gānjìng.
    Please wipe the stovetop clean after using it.
    use finish after please (particle) stovetop wipe clean
  4. 厨房里还没装新灶。
    Chúfáng li hái méi zhuāng xīn zào.
    The kitchen hasn't had a new stove installed yet.
    kitchen in still not install new stove
  5. 老家的厨房里有一个土灶。
    Lǎojiā de chúfáng li yǒu yí gè tǔzào.
    There's an earthen stove in the kitchen of my hometown.
    hometown (particle) kitchen in have one (measure) earthen-stove

Words with 灶 (1)