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捎 (shāo): Stroke Order, Meaning & How to Write | HSK 6

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2.

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3.

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Left-Right

捎

扌shǒu · hand

肖xiào · resemble

捎=

4.

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5.

Example Sentences

tā他

shāo捎

xìn信

shuō说

jīn今

wǎn晚

huì

Information

Pinyinshāo

Meaningdrive backwards; back

Strokes10

Radical扌

Traditional捎

StructureLeft-Right

Frequency#2329

Zhuyinㄕㄠ

UnicodeU+634E

CangjieQFB

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扌shǒu · hand

+肖xiào · resemble

会

chí迟

dào到

。

He sent a message incidentally saying he would be late tonight.

sī司

jī机

xiǎo小

xīn心

de地

bǎ把

chē车

wǎng往

hòu后

shāo捎

le了

yī一

diǎn点

。

The driver carefully backed the car up a little.

mā妈

ma妈

ràng让

wǒ我

shāo捎

dōng东

xī西

gěi给

nǎi奶

nai奶

。

Mom asked me to bring things to grandma incidentally.

qǐng请

bāng帮

wǒ我

shāo捎

dài带

yí一

fèn份

wén文

jiàn件

。

Please bring me a document incidentally.

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