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照顾 (zhào gu): To look after (Verb) — Meaning & Stroke Order

HSK 2.0Level 3
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照 • zhào • take (a photo) • HSK 2.0 L4
HSK 4
zhào照

take (a photo)

顾 • gù • to look back; to turn around and look
gù顾

to look back; to turn around and look

Word Info

Pinyinzhào gu
Meaningto look after
Characters2
SyntaxVerb
4.

Readings & Senses

zhào gu(zhao gu)
1. [verb]to look after[HSK3]
zhào gù(zhao gu)
1. [verb]to look after[HSK 3.0 · L3]
5.

How to Use 照顾 in Sentences

Verb + Object
xū需
yào要
zhào照
gù顾
neutral
need care
zhào照
gù顾
hái孩
zi子
neutral
take care of children
Adverb + Verb
hù互
xiāng相
zhào照
gù顾
Verb + Complementwith好
zhào照
gù顾
de得
hěn很
hǎo好
6.

Example Sentences with 照顾

mā妈
ma妈
zhào照
gù顾
wǒ我
。

HSK 3 Words

More vocabulary at the same HSK level as 照顾.

  • 街道jiē dàoroad
  • 多么duō mehow ...
  • 明白míng baito understand
  • 聪明cōng mingclever; intelligent
  • 经理jīng lǐmanager
  • 机会jī huìopportunity
  • 结束jié shùfinish
  • 需要xū yàoneed
  • 满意mǎn yìpleased; satisfied
  • 发现fā xiàndiscover
  • 帮忙bāng mánglend a hand
  • 见面jiàn miànto meet
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Words Sharing Characters

More common words that include characters from 照顾.

Words with 照
  • 护照hù zhàopassport
  • 拍照pāi zhàoto take a picture
  • 照片zhào piànphotograph
  • 照相
neutral
take care of each other
hǎo好
hao好
zhào照
gù顾
neutral
take good care of
neutral
take care of very well
Mom takes care of me.
wǒ我
shēng生
bìng病
de的
shí时
hou候
，
mā妈
ma妈
huì会
zhào照
gu顾
wǒ我
。
When I am sick, my mother will look after me.
wǒ我
chū出
chāi差
qī期
jiān间
，
má麻
fan烦
nǐ你
zhào照
gù顾
yí一
xià下
wǒ我
de的
zhí植
wù物
。
While I'm on a business trip, could you please look after my plants?
yī医
yuàn院
huì会
ān安
pái排
zhuān专
yè业
hù护
shi士
zhào照
gù顾
zhòng重
zhèng症
bìng病
rén人
。
The hospital will arrange for professional nurses to care for critically ill patients.
qǐng请
zhào照
gù顾
yī一
xià下
wǒ我
de的
xiǎo小
gǒu狗
。
Please look after my puppy.
zhào xiàng
to take a photograph
  • 照相机zhào xiàng jīcamera
  • 按照àn zhàoaccording to
  • 执照zhí zhàolicense; permit
  • 照常zhào chángas usual
    • Words with 顾
    • 顾客gù kècustomer
    • 不顾bú gùdisregard; in spite of
    • 只顾zhǐ gùsolely preoccupied (with one thing)
    • 回顾huí gùlook back; review; retrospect
    • 顾虑gù lǜmisgiving; apprehension; scruple
    • 顾问gù wènadvisor; consultant
    • 不屑一顾bú xiè yī gùnot spare a glance for; beneath contempt
    • 后顾之忧hòu gù zhī yōuworry about things back home