皂 (zou6 | zao4) : soap

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皂

zou6

zao4

[1] soap
[2] black

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Additional PoS:

Stroke count: 7

Level: 3

Radical: 白 (#106)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

皂

This word has been viewed 3489 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:46

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肥皂 fei4 zou6 fei2 zao4 = soap 國

洗髮皂 sai2 faat3 zou6 xi3 fa4 zao4 = shampoo (chiefly TW) 國

不分青紅皂白 bat1 fan1 ceng1 hung4 zou6 baak6 bu4 fen1 qing1 hong2 zao4 bai2 = indiscriminately 國

香皂 hoeng1 zou6 xiang1 zao4 = soap 國

香味肥皂 hoeng1 mei6 fei4 zou6 xiang1 wei4 fei2 zao4 = fragrant soap 國

擦肥皂 caat3 fei4 zou6 ca1 fei2 zao4 = to lather

皂液 zou6 jik6 zao4 yi4 (Taiwan), zao4 ye4 (PRC) = liquid soap

肥皂劇 fei4 zou6*2 kek6 fei2 zao4 ju4 = a soap opera

肥皂泡 fei4 zou6*2 pou5 fei2 zao4 pao4 = soap bubbles

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 皂
Unicode code for this character: U+7682 (off-site link)

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