照顾

zhào

Traditional: 照顧

HSK 4
#583 of 5,000 Core 1000

Translation

to take care of, to look after

Stroke order

Stroke order for 照

Stroke order for 顾

Examples

Please take good care of yourself.

bìng

She is looking after her ill father.

Thank you for always taking care of me.

Please take good care of yourself.

nǎinǎi

Grandma is looking after three children.

照顾 (zhào gù) means to take care of or look after. 照 suggests attending to something and 顾 means to look back at or care for. It describes nurturing, tending, or watching over people who need help (老人, elderly; 孩子, children; 病人, sick people). A fixed parting phrase is 请多照顾 (please take good care), similar to look after yourself. It can also mean to consider or favour someone (照顾面子, to spare someone's feelings/face).

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This word is part of lesson 12.