Chinese Word: 詔 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

詔 (Simplified: 诏)

Pinyin: zhào

English Definition: imperial order

Chinese Definition:
①告訴，告誡：爲人父者，必能詔其子。
②帝王所發的文書命令：詔書。詔令。詔諭。奉詔。遺詔。

Total strokes: 12; Radical: 言

Ideographic: To issue 言 a decree 召; 召 also provides the pronunciation

Character Formation:

⿰ Left to right
- 言 [ yán ] words, speech; to speak, to say
- 召 [ zhào ] imperial decree; to summon, to call, to beckon

Similar Characters: 詒

詔書	zhào shū	edict; written imperial order
詔令	zhào lìng	imperial order

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1		xiàn 獻 dì 帝 jí lìng 即令 zhōng yáo 鍾繇 cǎo 草 zhào 詔， cè lì 冊立 cáo cāo 曹操 wèi 爲 wèi wáng 魏王。 Emperor Xian commanded Zhong Yao to draft the edict confirming Cao Cao' s elevation to king of Wei.
2		cǐ hòu 此後 guǎ rén 寡人 zhào 詔 mìng 命 bān xíng 頒行 cǐ 此 míng wén 銘文 yú 於 zhū 諸 xíng shěng 行省 gè dì 各地。 Afterwards this inscription I sent off everywhere among the provinces.
3		dāng 當 zhào 詔 cuò guò 錯過 zuì 最 mò 末 yī 一 bān chē 班車 shí 時， tā 他 bù zhī dào 不知道 gāi 該 zěn me bàn 怎麼辦。 When Don missed the last bus, he was at a loss as to what to do.
4		gōng yuán 公元 394年， luó mǎ 羅馬 huáng dì 皇帝 dì ào 蒂奧 duō 多 xī sī 西斯 xià zhào 下詔 tíng bàn 停辦 ào yùn huì 奧運會。 In A. D. 394 the Roman emperor Theodosius I ordered them stopped.
5		bù guǎn 不管 zuò 做 shén me 什麼， bú yào 不要 dào 到 le 了 65 suì 歲 cái 才 qīng xǐng 清醒 guò lai 過來， hòu huǐ 後悔 zhào 詔 guāng 光 xū 虛 zhì 擲。 Whatever you do, don´t wake up at 65 years old and think about what you should have done with your life.

1		xiàn 獻 dì 帝 jí lìng 即令 zhōng yáo 鍾繇 cǎo 草 zhào 詔， cè lì 冊立 cáo cāo 曹操 wèi 爲 wèi wáng 魏王。 Emperor Xian commanded Zhong Yao to draft the edict confirming Cao Cao' s elevation to king of Wei.
2		cǐ hòu 此後 guǎ rén 寡人 zhào 詔 mìng 命 bān xíng 頒行 cǐ 此 míng wén 銘文 yú 於 zhū 諸 xíng shěng 行省 gè dì 各地。 Afterwards this inscription I sent off everywhere among the provinces.
3		dāng 當 zhào 詔 cuò guò 錯過 zuì 最 mò 末 yī 一 bān chē 班車 shí 時， tā 他 bù zhī dào 不知道 gāi 該 zěn me bàn 怎麼辦。 When Don missed the last bus, he was at a loss as to what to do.
4		gōng yuán 公元 394年， luó mǎ 羅馬 huáng dì 皇帝 dì ào 蒂奧 duō 多 xī sī 西斯 xià zhào 下詔 tíng bàn 停辦 ào yùn huì 奧運會。 In A. D. 394 the Roman emperor Theodosius I ordered them stopped.
5		bù guǎn 不管 zuò 做 shén me 什麼， bú yào 不要 dào 到 le 了 65 suì 歲 cái 才 qīng xǐng 清醒 guò lai 過來， hòu huǐ 後悔 zhào 詔 guāng 光 xū 虛 zhì 擲。 Whatever you do, don´t wake up at 65 years old and think about what you should have done with your life.