CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY

征兆

zhēngzhào

omen

IN A VIDEO征兆

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DEFINITIONS & USAGE

Meaning and common use

omen

sign (that sth is about to happen)

warning sign

REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES

How 征兆 actually appears in real sentences.

These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 征兆 appears in 3 of the 89,190 sentences we searched. Sentences without a published English translation are shown in Chinese only.

乌云是下雨的征兆。wū yún shì xià yǔ de zhēng zhào。

Dark clouds are a sign of rain.

我会把它看作一个征兆。wǒ huì bǎ tā kàn zuò yí gè zhēng zhào。

I would take it as a sign.

一位和善的女士带我走进了一个巨大的房间——至少从三岁孩子的视角来看是如此——房间高处的架子上摆满了玩具。于是我在那里坐了很久，久到我也不知道具体过了多长时间，但可能也就是五分钟左右。然后，我毫无征兆地突然放声大哭，就好像之前从没哭过一样（至少我妈妈是这么形容的）。幼儿园里的女孩子们试图安慰我，让我平静下来，但都没有什么用。幸好那位女士（之前带我进房间的那位）还在，她正在和另一位小朋友的父母聊天。最后是她带我回了家。而我的父母则决定，在我大约六岁之前，都不会再带我去那里了。yī wèi hé shàn de nǚ shì dài wǒ zǒu jìn le yí gè jù dà de fáng jiān —— zhì shǎo cóng sān suì hái zi de shì jiǎo lái kàn shì rú cǐ —— fáng jiān gāo chù de jià zi shàng bǎi mǎn le wán jù。 yú shì wǒ zài nà lǐ zuò le hěn jiǔ， jiǔ dào wǒ yě bù zhī dào jù tǐ guò le duō zhǎng shí jiān， dàn kě néng yě jiù shì wǔ fēn zhōng zuǒ yòu。 rán hòu， wǒ háo wú zhēng zhào dì tū rán fàng shēng dà kū， jiù hǎo xiàng zhī qián cóng méi kū guò yī yàng （zhì shǎo wǒ mā mā shì zhè me xíng róng de）。 yòu ér yuán lǐ de nǚ hái zi men shì tú ān wèi wǒ， ràng wǒ píng jìng xià lái， dàn dōu méi yǒu shén me yòng。 xìng hǎo nà wèi nǚ shì （zhī qián dài wǒ jìn fáng jiān de nà wèi） hái zài， tā zhèng zài hé lìng yī wèi xiǎo péng yǒu de fù mǔ liáo tiān。 zuì hòu shì tā dài wǒ huí le jiā。 ér wǒ de fù mǔ zé jué dìng， zài wǒ dà yuē liù suì zhī qián， dōu bú huì zài dài wǒ qù nà lǐ le。

No published English translation for this sentence.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS

Words that keep company with 征兆.

Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 征兆.

Directly before

的征兆1
一个征兆1
毫无征兆1

Directly after

征兆地1

ABOUT THIS ENTRY

Where this entry comes from

The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.

Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

COMMON QUESTIONS

About 征兆

What does 征兆 mean in Chinese?

征兆 (zhēngzhào) means omen.

How do you pronounce 征兆?

征兆 is pronounced zhēngzhào.

Is 征兆 an HSK word?

征兆 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.

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