Chinese symbol for “tend”
照料
zhào liào
to tend; to take care of sb
The closest CC-CEDICT match for tend is 照料 (zhào liào), defined as: to tend; to take care of sb.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “tend”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 修整 | xiū zhěng | to spruce up; to renovate; to tend (a garden); to groom (one's hair); to finish (a rough surface); to trim (a lawn); to touch up (a photo) |
| 倾 (傾) | qīng | to overturn; to collapse |
| 抚育 (撫育) | fǔ yù | to nurture; to raise |
| 侍弄 | shì nòng | to look after; to tend (one's crops, garden, livestock, pets etc) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 照料.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 照片 | zhào piàn | photograph; 张 (zhāng),幅 (fú) |
| 按照 | àn zhào | according to; in accordance with; on the basis of |
| 照顾 (照顧) | zhào gu | to take care of; to show consideration |
| 依照 | yī zhào | according to; in light of |
| 护照 (護照) | hù zhào | passport; measure word: 本 (běn), 个 (gè) |
| 拍照 | pāi zhào | to take a picture |
| 资料 (資料) | zī liào | material; resources |
| 材料 | cái liào | (raw) material; data |
See also: Japanese symbol for “tend”.
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.