HSK 6 · Nature

照耀 zhàoyào “to shine on” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 照耀 means

  1. to shine on
  2. to illuminate
  3. to shine

How to say 照耀

  • 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耀yào4th tone, falling

照耀 in a sentence

  1. 月亮和星星在上空照耀着。

    Yuèliang hé xīngxing zài shàngkōng zhàoyào zhe.

    The moon and stars were shining overhead.

    Sentence #617704 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 照耀 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 耀 (yào) with each of its parts in a different colour
耀yàobrilliant
  • 光light · guāng
  • 翟long-tailed pheasant · dí

How to write 照耀

照 13 strokes · 耀 20 strokes

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

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

Words related to 照耀

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 耀

炫耀xuànyào · to show off耀眼yàoyǎn · dazzling

More words: Nature & Environment

宇宙yǔzhòu · universe灾难zāinàn · disaster杂交zájiāo · to hybridise噪音zàoyīn · noise沼泽zhǎozé · swamp蒸发zhēngfā · to evaporate枝zhī · branch支流zhīliú · tributary (river)

FAQs

照耀 (zhàoyào) means “to shine on” or “to illuminate”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it zhàoyào: zhào with a 4th tone, then yào with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 照耀 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zhaoyao with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 照耀 from the suggestions. Typing zhaoyao into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
照耀 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.