HSK 4 · Food

勺子 sháozi “scoop” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 勺子 means

  1. scoop
  2. ladle
  3. spoon

Measure word 把 bǎ · 一把勺子 yì bǎ sháozi

How to say 勺子

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale勺sháo2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the neutral tone: short and light, with no contour of its own子zineutral tone, light and short

Grey pinyin is a neutral tone: say it short and light. More on the neutral tone

勺子 in a sentence

  1. 把勺子给我。

    Bǎ sháozi gěi wǒ.

    Give me the spoon.

    Sentence #430661 from Tatoeba

  2. 少了一把勺子。

    Shǎo le yì bǎ sháozi.

    There is a spoon missing.

    Sentence #466234 from Tatoeba

  3. 宝宝还不会使用勺子。

    Bǎobao hái bú huì shǐyòng sháozi.

    The baby can’t use a spoon yet.

    Sentence #336888 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 勺子 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 勺 (sháo) with each of its parts in a different colour
勺sháospoon
  • 勹wrap · bāo
  • 丶dot · zhǔ
The character 子 (zi) with each of its parts in a different colour
子zinoun suffix, as in 椅子 “chair”
  • 了clear · le
  • 一one · yī

Memory aidA baby with its arms out and its legs wrapped up.

How to write 勺子

勺 3 strokes · 子 3 strokes

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

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

Words related to 勺子

Words with 子

儿子érzi · son椅子yǐzi · chair桌子zhuōzi · table杯子bēizi · cup妻子qīzi · wife孩子háizi · child本子běnzi · book子zi · (common noun suffix)裤子kùzi · pants帽子màozi · hat

More words: Food & Drink

矿泉水kuàngquánshuǐ · mineral water辣là · spicy葡萄pútao · grape巧克力qiǎokèlì · chocolate (loanword)酸suān · sour汤tāng · soup糖táng · sugar味道wèidao · flavour

FAQs

勺子 (sháozi) means “scoop” or “ladle”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it sháozi: sháo with a 2nd tone, then zi with a neutral tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 勺子 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Use 把 (bǎ). For example, one scoop is 一把勺子 (yì bǎ sháozi).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type shaozi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 勺子 from the suggestions. Typing shaozi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
勺子 is an HSK 4 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.