HSK 3 · Transport

护照 hùzhào “passport” in Chinese

Traditional 護照

What 护照 means

  1. passport

Measure word 本 běn or 个 gè · 一本护照 yì běn hùzhào

How to say 护照

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale护hù4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale照zhào4th tone, falling

护照 in a sentence

  1. 请把您的护照给我看一下。

    Qǐng bǎ nín de hùzhào gěi wǒ kàn yíxià.

    Show me your passport, please.

    Sentence #395562 from Tatoeba

  2. 你应该带护照去银行。

    Nǐ yīnggāi dài hùzhào qù yínháng.

    You should take your passport to the bank.

    Sentence #5907512 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 我需要你的护照和三张照片。

    Wǒ xūyào nǐ de hùzhào hé sān zhāng zhàopiàn.

    I need your passport and three photographs.

    Sentence #334389 from Tatoeba

How 护照 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 护 (hù) with each of its parts in a different colour
护hùto protect; to guard
  • 扌hand form of 手 · shǒu
  • 户door · hù

Memory aidPicture a hand 扌 guarding the door 户: to protect.

The character 照 (zhào) with each of its parts in a different colour
照zhàoto shine
  • 昭bright · zhāoSound part
  • 灬fire form of 火 · huǒMeaning part

灬 hints at the meaning (fire); 昭 (zhāo) hints at the sound. Compare it with zhào.

Memory aidFire 灬 under 昭 (zhāo) “bright”: to shine, to light up, and also a photo.

How to write 护照

护 7 strokes · 照 13 strokes

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护照 (hùzhào) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 护照 (hùzhào). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 护照

Words with 护

保护bǎohù · to protect护士hùshi · nurse爱护àihù · to cherish救护车jiùhùchē · ambulance拥护yōnghù · to support守护shǒuhù · to guard维护wéihù · to safeguard掩护yǎnhù · to cover辩护biànhù · to defend

Words with 照

照顾zhàogu · take care of照片zhàopiàn · picture拍照pāizhào · to take a photo照相zhàoxiàng · to take a photo照相机zhàoxiàngjī · camera照zhào · to shine按照ànzhào · according to执照zhízhào · licence照常zhàocháng · as usual参照cānzhào · to refer to

More words: Everyday Things

颜色yánsè · colour公共汽车gōnggòng qìchē · bus意思yìsi · meaning船chuán · a boat辆liàng · mw for vehicles自行车zìxíngchē · bike冰箱bīngxiāng · refrigerator层céng · mw for layers

FAQs

护照 (hùzhào) means “passport”. It is an HSK 3 word.
Say it hùzhào: hù with a 4th tone, then zhào with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 护照 is written 護照. The pronunciation is the same.
Use 本 (běn) or 个 (gè). For example, one passport is 一本护照 (yì běn hùzhào).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type huzhao with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 护照 from the suggestions. Typing huzhao into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
护照 is an HSK 3 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.