HSK 6 · Function Words

照样 zhàoyàng “as usual” in Chinese

Traditional 照樣

What 照样 means

  1. as usual
  2. as before
  3. all the same
  4. (same) as usual
  5. in the same manner
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • still
  • nevertheless

How to say 照样

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale照zhào4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale样yàng4th tone, falling

照样 in a sentence

  1. 他没有朋友，没有钱，没有房子……他照样玩得很开心。

    Tā méiyǒu péngyou, méiyǒu qián, méiyǒu fángzi…… tā zhàoyàng wán de hěn kāixīn.

    He had no friends, no money, no home… but he still had a great time.

    Sentence #3690036 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 就算这样地球也照样转！

    Jiùsuàn zhèyàng dìqiú yě zhàoyàng zhuǎn!

    Even so, the Earth still turns!

    Sentence #6680077 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 照样 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 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.

The character 样 (yàng) with each of its parts in a different colour
样yàngmanner
  • 木tree · mùMeaning part
  • 羊sheep · yángSound part

木 hints at the meaning (tree); 羊 (yáng) hints at the sound. Compare it with yàng.

How to write 照样

照 13 strokes · 样 10 strokes

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

Words related to 照样

Words with 照

照顾zhàogu · take care of护照hùzhào · passport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

Words with 样

怎么样zěnmeyàng · how is it那样nàyàng · that kind这样zhèyàng · this kind of一样yíyàng · the same怎样zěnyàng · how样子yàngzi · appearance同样tóngyàng · likewise样式yàngshì · type模样múyàng · appearance样品yàngpǐn · sample

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勇于yǒngyú · to have the courage to犹如yóurú · just like愈yù · the more … the more咋zǎ · how之际zhījì · at the time of致使zhìshǐ · to cause终究zhōngjiū · after all众所周知zhòngsuǒzhōuzhī · as everyone knows

FAQs

照样 (zhàoyàng) means “as usual” or “as before”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it zhàoyàng: zhào with a 4th tone, then yàng 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, 照样 is written 照樣. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zhaoyang with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 照样 from the suggestions. Typing zhaoyang into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
照样 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.