燥

zào

dry, parched, arid; quick-tempered

How to write 燥, stroke by stroke

dry; parched; impatient; vexed; (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [sao4]) minced meat

Pictophonetic: semantic 火 (fire), phonetic 喿

Made of 火 + 喿

干燥gān zào(of weather, climate, soil etc) dry; arid; (of skin, mouth etc) dry; (fig.) dull; dry; boring; (of timber etc) to dry out; to season; to cure
枯燥kū zàodry and dull; uninteresting; tedious
干燥剂gān zào jìdesiccant
干燥机gān zào jīa drier
燥子zào ziminced meat; Taiwan pr. [sao4 zi5]
燥热zào rèuncomfortably hot and dry; stiflingly hot; (of the body) flushed and feverishly warm; (fig.) agitated; restless; irritable; (TCM) dry-heat
秋燥qiū zàoautumn dryness disease (TCM)
肉燥ròu zào(Tw) minced pork stewed with soy sauce and spices (served with rice or noodles, or as a filling in buns etc); Taiwan pr. [rou4 sao4]
大便干燥dà biàn gān zàoconstipated
枯燥无味kū zào wú wèitedious; dreary
口干舌燥kǒu gān shé zàolit. dry mouth and tongue (idiom); to talk too much
暴燥bào zàovariant of 暴躁

这是片干燥地区，几乎是一片荒漠。
zhè shì piàn gān zào dì qū ， jī hū shì yí piàn huāng mò 。
It is an arid region, almost a desert.
这里的夏天很潮湿，另外，冬天很干燥。
zhè lǐ de xià tiān hěn cháo shī ， lìng wài ， dōng tiān hěn gān zào 。
It gets very humid here in the summer. In the winter, on the other hand, it gets very dry.