| 1 | 扫 | 掃 | sǎo | sao3 | to sweep | | |
| 2 | 扫荡 | 掃蕩 | sǎo dàng | sao3 dang4 | to root out; to wipe out | | |
| 3 | 打扫 | 打掃 | dǎ sǎo | da3 sao3 | to clean; to sweep | | |
| 4 | 扫除 | 掃除 | sǎo chú | sao3 chu2 | to sweep; to clean with a brush; to sweep away (often fig.) | | |
| 5 | 扫描 | 掃描 | sǎo miáo | sao3 miao2 | to scan (documents); scanner; to scan | | |
| 6 | 扫黑 | 掃黑 | sǎo hēi | sao3 hei1 | to crack down on illegal activities; to fight organized crime | | |
| 7 | 扫眉 | 掃眉 | sǎo méi | sao3 mei2 | to paint the eyebrows | | |
| 8 | 名誉扫地 | 名譽掃地 | míng yù sǎo dì | ming2 yu4 sao3 di4 | to be thoroughly discredited; to fall into disrepute | | |
| 9 | 扫地 | 掃地 | sǎo dì | sao3 di4 | to sweep the floor; to reach rock bottom; to be at an all-time low | | |
| 10 | 扫荡腿 | 掃蕩腿 | sǎo dàng tuǐ | sao3 dang4 tui3 | leg sweep | | |
| 11 | 扫除天下 | 掃除天下 | sǎo chú tiān xià | sao3 chu2 tian1 xia4 | to sweep away evil; to purge (the world of crime) | | |
| 12 | 扫除机 | 掃除機 | sǎo chú jī | sao3 chu2 ji1 | mechanical sweeper | | |
| 13 | 秋风扫落叶 | 秋風掃落葉 | qiū fēng sǎo luò yè | qiu1 feng1 sao3 luo4 ye4 | lit. as the autumn gale sweeps away the fallen leaves (idiom); to drive out the old and make a clean sweep | | |
| 14 | 逐行扫描 | 逐行掃描 | zhú háng sǎo miáo | zhu2 hang2 sao3 miao2 | line by line scanning; progressive scanning | | |
| 15 | 闭关却扫 | 閉關卻掃 | bì guān què sǎo | bi4 guan1 que4 sao3 | to live in complete seclusion (idiom) | | |
| 16 | 客来扫地 | 客來掃地 | kè lái sǎo dì | ke4 lai2 sao3 di4 | to do sth. too late (idiom) | | |
| 17 | 横扫千军 | 橫掃千軍 | héng sǎo qiān jūn | heng2 sao3 qian1 jun1 | total annihilation | | |
| 18 | 横扫 | 橫掃 | héng sǎo | heng2 sao3 | to sweep away; to sweep across | | |
| 19 | 各人自扫门前雪,莫管他家瓦上霜 | 各人自掃門前雪,莫管他家瓦上霜 | gè rén zì sǎo mén qián xuě , mò guǎn tā jiā wǎ shàng shuāng | ge4 ren2 zi4 sao3 men2 qian2 xue3 , mo4 guan3 ta1 jia1 wa3 shang4 shuang1 | sweep the snow from your own door step, don't worry about the frost on your neighbor's roof (idiom) | | |
| 20 | 隔行扫描 | 隔行掃描 | gé háng sǎo miáo | ge2 hang2 sao3 miao2 | interlaced scanning | | |
| 21 | 拂扫 | 拂掃 | fú sǎo | fu2 sao3 | whisk | | |
| 22 | 风扫落叶 | 風掃落葉 | fēng sǎo luò yè | feng1 sao3 luo4 ye4 | wind sweeping away the fallen leaves; irresistible (idiom) | | |
| 23 | 电脑断层扫描 | 電腦斷層掃描 | diàn nǎo duàn céng sǎo miáo | dian4 nao3 duan4 ceng2 sao3 miao2 | CAT scan; CT scan | | |
| 24 | 大扫除 | 大掃除 | dà sǎo chú | da4 sao3 chu2 | A thorough cleaning | | |
| 25 | 超声扫描 | 超聲掃描 | chāo shēng sǎo miáo | chao1 sheng1 sao3 miao2 | ultrasonic scan | | |