燥 zào arid
arid; dry; parched
怎么记住“燥”: 火 fire + 喿 chirp = arid. After weeks of sun as hot as fire, the birds barely chirp and the farmer's fields lie arid.
部件结构
燥 = 火 fire + 喿 chirp
- 火 fire
- 喿 chirp
After weeks of sun as hot as fire, the birds barely chirp and the farmer's fields lie arid.
用法
- Dry/parched - 干燥 (gānzào) dry (of climate, skin, air): 空气干燥 dry air.
- 枯燥 (kūzào) = dry and dull/tedious: 枯燥的工作 tedious work - a key figurative use.
- Note: 燥 (火 fire radical) = dry; don't confuse with 躁 (足 radical) = irritable (烦躁, 急躁).
- 皮肤干燥 (pífū gānzào) = dry skin.
含“燥”的词语
例句
- 沙漠的气候很干燥。 Shāmò de qìhòu hěn gānzào.The climate of the desert is very dry.