Meaning
omen; million; million million; trillion
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “zhao” becomes a different word in each tone. 兆 is the 4th tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.
Stroke Order
Tap Animate to watch the strokes in order, or Practice to trace it yourself.
Common Words
- 预兆yù zhàoomen; sign (of sth yet to occur); prior indication; to foreshadow
- 兆头zhào touomen; portent; sign
- 前兆qián zhàoomen; prior indication; first sign
- 先兆xiān zhàoomen
- 百兆bǎi zhào(computer networking) 100 megabits per second; 100Base-T
Example Sentence
喜鹊叫，常被人们看作好兆头。Xǐ què jiào, cháng bèi rén men kàn zuò hǎo zhào tou.The cry of a magpie is often seen as a good omen.
喜鹊Xǐ quèmagpie叫jiàoto shout，常chángalways被bèi(passive: by)人们rén menpeople看作kàn zuòto look upon as好hǎogood兆头zhào touomen。