皂 zào soap
soap; black
How to remember 皂: 白 white + 七 seven = soap. Every room in the little hotel has a white bar with a gold seven pressed into it, the fanciest soap the kids have ever used.
Component breakdown
皂 = 白 white + 七 seven
- 白 white
- 七 seven
Every room in the little hotel has a white bar with a gold seven pressed into it, the fanciest soap the kids have ever used.
How it is used
- Soap, and (classically) black - 肥皂 (féizào) soap, 香皂 (xiāngzào) toilet soap, 皂液 (zàoyè) liquid soap.
- 不分青红皂白 (bùfēn-qīnghóng-zàobái), not distinguishing green-red-black-white, means to act without regard for right and wrong / indiscriminately.