Sweep in Chinese (Mandarin): 扫 (sǎo)

Use it in a sentence

The characters in 扫

• 扫 / 掃

  To sweep. 扌 (hand) is on the left.

  6 strokes

Third tone. Sweeping the floor is 扫地 (sǎo dì), and a broom is 扫把 (sàobǎ).

More examples with 扫

• 我帮爸爸扫地。

  我幫爸爸掃地。

  Wǒ bāng bàba sǎo dì.

  I help Dad sweep the floor.

• 我把树叶扫走了。

  我把樹葉掃走了。

  Wǒ bǎ shùyè sǎo zǒu le.

  I swept the leaves away.

How to write 扫 in Chinese

Each box adds one stroke, in red. Write them in this order.

In Traditional characters: