Chinese symbol for “scoop”
杓子
sháo zi
scoop
The closest CC-CEDICT match for scoop is 杓子 (sháo zi), defined as: scoop.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “scoop”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 杓子.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 中杓鹬 (中杓鷸) | zhōng sháo yù | (bird species of China) Eurasian whimbrel; common whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus) |
| 大杓鹬 (大杓鷸) | dà sháo yù | (bird species of China) Far Eastern curlew (Numenius madagascariensis) |
| 小杓鹬 (小杓鷸) | xiǎo sháo yù | (bird species of China) little curlew (Numenius minutus) |
| 白腰杓鹬 (白腰杓鷸) | bái yāo sháo yù | (bird species of China) Eurasian curlew (Numenius arquata) |
| 网杓 (網杓) | wǎng sháo | skimmer (kitchen utensil) |
| 孩子 | hái zi | child |
| 儿子 (兒子) | ér zi | son |
| 电子 (電子) | diàn zǐ | electronic; electron (particle physics) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “scoop”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.