Spoon in Chinese (Mandarin): 勺子 (sháozi)
勺子
sháozi
spoon
- Simplified
- 勺子
- Pinyin
- sháozi
- Typed as
- shaozi
In Taiwan, people say 湯匙 (tāngchí) instead.
Use it in a sentence
勺子可以舀东西。
A spoon can scoop things up.
The characters in 勺子
勺
Spoon or ladle. It began as a drawing of a ladle with something in it.
3 strokes
子
A small ending found in many nouns, said short and light.
3 strokes
勺 is second tone, rising: sháo-zi. A small spoon is 小勺 (xiǎo sháo).
More examples with 勺子
我用勺子喝汤。
我用勺子喝湯。
Wǒ yòng sháozi hē tāng.
I eat soup with a spoon.
宝宝拿着勺子。
寶寶拿著勺子。
Bǎobao názhe sháozi.
The baby holds a spoon.
How to write 勺子 in Chinese
Each box adds one stroke, in red. Write them in this order.
勺 3 strokes
子 3 strokes
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