昭
zhāo
Pinyin

Definition

昭
 - 
zhāo
  1. bright
  2. clear
  3. manifest
  4. to show clearly

Character Decomposition

Compounds (2)

照
zhào
  1. 1 variant: 照 zhào
  2. 2 to shine
  3. 3 to illuminate
照
zhào
  1. 1 according to
  2. 2 in accordance with
  3. 3 to shine
  4. 4 to illuminate
  5. 5 to reflect
  6. 6 to look at (one's reflection)
  7. 7 to take (a photo)
  8. 8 photo
  9. 9 as requested
  10. 10 as before

Related Words (19)

昭
zhāo
  1. 1 bright
  2. 2 clear
  3. 3 manifest
  4. 4 to show clearly
大昭寺
Dà zhāo sì
  1. 1 Jokhang, main Buddhist temple in Lhasa, a sacred place of Tibetan Buddhism
昭和
Zhāo hé
  1. 1 Shōwa, Japanese era name, corresponding to the reign (1925-1989) of emperor Hirohito 裕仁[Yù rén]
昭然若揭
zhāo rán ruò jiē
  1. 1 abundantly clear
昭示
zhāo shì
  1. 1 to declare publicly
  2. 2 to make clear

Idioms (3)

司马昭之心路人皆知
Sī mǎ Zhāo zhī xīn lù rén jiē zhī
  1. 1 lit. Sima Zhao's intentions are obvious to everyone (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. an open secret
恶名昭著
è míng zhāo zhù
  1. 1 notorious (idiom)
  2. 2 infamous
臭名昭彰
chòu míng zhāo zhāng
  1. 1 notorious for his misdeeds (idiom)
  2. 2 infamous

Sample Sentences

你要求真高！那王昭君总行了吧，远离自己的故乡，去北方和游牧民族的首领和亲。
nǐ yāoqiú zhēn gāo ！nà Wáng Zhāojūn zǒng xíngle ba ，yuǎnlí zìjǐ de gùxiàng ，qù běifāng hé yóumù mínzú de shǒulǐng héqīn 。
Your standards are really high! Wang Zhaojun must be the best then. She left her home and headed north to marry the head of a nomadic tribe to create peace between China and its neighbors.
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那什么时候去大昭寺？我想看里面的佛像和壁画。
nà shénme shíhou qù Dàzhāo Sì ？wǒ xiǎng kàn lǐmiàn de fóxiàng hé bìhuà 。
Then when are we going to Dazhao temple? I want to see the Buddha statues and murals inside.
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对，而且关的都是臭名昭著的重刑犯。现在改成博物馆了。哎，注意看啊，这个角度的旧金山最美。你看，三面环水。
duì ，érqiě guān de dōu shì chòumíngzhāozhù de zhòngxíng fàn 。xiànzài gǎichéng bówùguǎn le 。āi ，zhùyìkàn ā ，zhè ge jiǎodù de Jiùjīnshān zuì měi 。nǐ kàn ，sānmiànhuánshuǐ 。
Yes, and the people held there were the most infamous convicts. Now it's been converted into a museum. Oh, look there. San Francisco is most beautiful from this perspective. See, it's surrounded by water on three sides.
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