| 1 | 扫 | 掃 | sǎo | sao3 | to sweep | | |
| 2 | 扫荡 | 掃蕩 | sǎo dàng | sao3 dang4 | to root out; to wipe out | | |
| 3 | 扫除 | 掃除 | sǎo chú | sao3 chu2 | to sweep; to clean with a brush; to sweep away (often fig.) | | |
| 4 | 扫黑 | 掃黑 | sǎo hēi | sao3 hei1 | to crack down on illegal activities; to fight organized crime | | |
| 5 | 扫眉 | 掃眉 | sǎo méi | sao3 mei2 | to paint the eyebrows | | |
| 6 | 扫兴 | 掃興 | sǎo xìng | sao3 xing4 | to have one's spirits dampened; to feel disappointed | | |
| 7 | 扫尾 | 掃尾 | sǎo wěi | sao3 wei3 | to complete the last stage of work; to round off | | |
| 8 | 扫榻以待 | 掃榻以待 | sǎo tà yǐ dài | sao3 ta4 yi3 dai4 | to roll out a welcome mat; We are looking forward to your visit. (idiom) | | |
| 9 | 扫数还清 | 掃數還清 | sǎo shù huán qīng | sao3 shu4 huan2 qing1 | all paid off (idiom) | | |
| 10 | 扫雪车 | 掃雪車 | sǎo xuě chē | sao3 xue3 che1 | snowplow | | |
| 11 | 扫数归公 | 掃數歸公 | sǎo shù guī gōng | sao3 shu4 gui1 gong1 | to confiscate everything for the public (idiom) | | |
| 12 | 扫视 | 掃視 | sǎo shì | sao3 shi4 | to run one's eyes over; to sweep one's eyes over | | |
| 13 | 扫射 | 掃射 | sǎo shè | sao3 she4 | to rake with machine gunfire; to strafe; to machine-gun down | | |
| 14 | 扫墓 | 掃墓 | sǎo mù | sao3 mu4 | to sweep a grave (and pay one's respects to the dead person) | | |
| 15 | 扫描仪 | 掃描儀 | sǎo miáo yí | sao3 miao2 yi2 | scanner (device) | | |
| 16 | 扫描器 | 掃描器 | sǎo miáo qì | sao3 miao2 qi4 | scanner | | |
| 17 | 扫瞄 | 掃瞄 | sǎo miáo | sao3 miao2 | to scan; to scan (documents); scanner | | |
| 18 | 扫兴而归 | 掃興而歸 | sǎo xìng ér guī | sao3 xing4 er2 gui1 | to return disappointed (idiom) | | |
| 19 | 扫盲 | 掃盲 | sǎo máng | sao3 mang2 | to wipe out illiteracy | | |
| 20 | 扫码 | 掃碼 | sǎo mǎ | sao3 ma3 | to scan a QR code or barcode | | |
| 21 | 扫罗 | 掃羅 | sǎo luó | Sao3 luo2 | Saul (name); biblical king around 1000 BC | | |
| 22 | 扫雷艇 | 掃雷艇 | sǎo léi tǐng | sao3 lei2 ting3 | minesweeper | | |
| 23 | 扫雷舰 | 掃雷艦 | sǎo léi jiàn | sao3 lei2 jian4 | minesweeper | | |
| 24 | 扫雷 | 掃雷 | sǎo léi | sao3 lei2 | minesweeper (computer game) | | |
| 25 | 扫街 | 掃街 | sǎo jiē | sao3 jie1 | to sweep the streets; to canvas (for votes, sales etc) | | |