HSK 6 · Ideas

预兆 yùzhào “omen” in Chinese

Traditional 預兆

What 预兆 means

  1. omen
  2. sign
  3. harbinger
  4. sign (of sth yet to occur)
  5. prior indication
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • to foreshadow

How to say 预兆

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale预yù4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale兆zhào4th tone, falling

预兆 in a sentence

  1. 你认为这是个预兆吗？

    Nǐ rènwéi zhè shì ge yùzhào ma?

    Do you think it’s an omen?

    Sentence #5685930 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  2. 他的懒惰是他未来不好的预兆。

    Tā de lǎnduò shì tā wèilái bù hǎo de yùzhào.

    His laziness is a bad sign for his future.

    Sentence #812351 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 某些动物烦躁不安，可能是地震临震前的预兆。

    Mǒuxiē dòngwù fánzào bù'ān, kěnéng shì dìzhèn lín zhèn qián de yùzhào.

    Restlessness in certain animals may be a sign of an imminent earthquake.

    Sentence #12568682 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 预兆 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 预 (yù) with each of its parts in a different colour
预yùto advance
  • 予to give · yúSound part
  • 页page · xiéMeaning part

页 hints at the meaning (page); 予 (yú) hints at the sound. Compare it with yù.

The character 兆 (zhào) drawn as one shape
兆zhàoomen

兆 is a single shape of 6 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

How to write 预兆

预 10 strokes · 兆 6 strokes

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

预兆 (yùzhào) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 预兆 (yùzhào). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 预兆

Words with 预

预习yùxí · to prepare a lesson预订yùdìng · to place an order预防yùfáng · to prevent预报yùbào · forecast预先yùxiān · in advance预料yùliào · to expect预期yùqī · to expect预言yùyán · to predict干预gānyù · to intervene预算yùsuàn · budget

More words: Ideas & Concepts

缘故yuángù · reason原理yuánlǐ · principle源泉yuánquán · source与日俱增yǔrìjùzēng · to grow day by day再接再厉zàijiēzàilì · to keep up the good work障碍zhàng'ài · obstacle沾光zhānguāng · to benefit from association with others战略zhànlüè · strategy

FAQs

预兆 (yùzhào) means “omen” or “sign”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it yùzhào: yù 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, 预兆 is written 預兆. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type yuzhao with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 预兆 from the suggestions. Typing yuzhao into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
预兆 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 from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.