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勺子

sháo zi · shao zi

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Old HSK 5Measure word: 把 bǎ

Meaning

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  1. scoop
  2. ladle
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The wrong spoon

  1. Dengdeng

    亮亮(liàngliàng)，请(qǐng)给(gěi)我(wǒ)一个(yīgè)勺子(sháozi)，我(wǒ)要(yào)喝(hē)汤(tāng)。

    Liangliang, please give me a spoon. I want to drink soup.

  2. Liangliang

    给(gěi)你(nǐ)。咦(yí)，这个(zhège)勺子(sháozi)怎么(zěnme)这么(zhème)小(xiǎo)？

    Here you go. Huh, why is this spoon so small?

  3. Dengdeng

    这(zhè)是(shì)搅(jiǎo)咖啡(kāfēi)的(de)勺子(sháozi)，不是(bùshì)喝汤(hētāng)的(de)。

    This is a coffee-stirring spoon, not a soup spoon.

  4. Liangliang

    那(nà)我(wǒ)去(qù)拿(ná)大(dà)勺子(sháozi)。

    Then I will get a big spoon.

  5. Dengdeng

    不用(bùyòng)了(le)，我(wǒ)直接(zhíjiē)用(yòng)碗(wǎn)喝(hē)！

    No need. I will drink straight from the bowl!

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

宝(bǎo)宝(bao)还(hái)不(bú)会(huì)使(shǐ)用(yòng)勺(sháo)子(zi)。

The baby cannot use a spoon yet.

Tatoeba: Chinese by fucongcong · English by Lumi · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

请(qǐng)用(yòng)勺(sháo)子(zi)把(bǎ)汤(tāng)盛(chéng)到(dào)碗(wǎn)里(lǐ)。

Please use a ladle to serve the soup into the bowl.

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