HSK 6 · Verbs

捎 shāo “to bring along” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 捎 means

  1. to bring along
  2. to pass on (a message)
  3. to bring sth to sb
  4. to deliver

How to say 捎

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale捎shāo1st tone, high and level

捎 in a sentence

  1. 你去超市的时候，帮我捎一瓶牛奶。

    Nǐ qù chāoshì de shíhou, bāng wǒ shāo yì píng niúnǎi.

    When you go to the supermarket, could you pick up a bottle of milk for me?

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 请替我给你妈妈捎个好。

    Qǐng tì wǒ gěi nǐ māma shāo ge hǎo.

    Please give your mum my regards.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 捎 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 捎 (shāo) with each of its parts in a different colour
捎shāoto bring sth to sb
  • 扌hand form of 手 · shǒuMeaning part
  • 肖to resemble · xiàoSound part

扌 hints at the meaning (hand); 肖 (xiào) hints at the sound. Compare it with shāo.

How to write 捎

捎 10 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

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

Words related to 捎

More words: Common Verbs

散发sànfā · to give off丧失sàngshī · to lose筛选shāixuǎn · to screen闪烁shǎnshuò · to twinkle设立shèlì · to set up渗透shèntòu · to permeate拾shí · to pick up施加shījiā · to exert

FAQs

捎 (shāo) means “to bring along” or “to pass on (a message)”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it shāo: shāo with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 捎 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type shao with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 捎 from the suggestions. Typing shao into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
捎 is an HSK 6 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.