| 掃 | [ saǒ ] to sweep |
| 掃 | [ saò ] broom |
| 掃地 | [ saǒ dì ] to sweep the floor, (fig.) (of one's reputation etc) to reach rock bottom, to be at an all-time low |
| 掃地僧 | [ saǒ dì sēng ] Sweeper Monk, nameless monk who maintains the library of Shaolin (from Jin Yong's novel "Demigods and Semidevils" 天龍八部|天龙八部[Tian1 long2 Ba1 Bu4]), (fig.) person whose remarkable talents are not well known |
| 掃墓 | [ saǒ mù ] to sweep a grave (and pay one's respects to the dead person) |
| 掃射 | [ saǒ shè ] to rake with machine gunfire, to strafe, to machine-gun down |
| 掃尾 | [ saǒ weǐ ] to complete the last stage of work, to round off |
| 掃帚 | [ saò zhou ] broom |
| 掃帚星 | [ saò zhou xīng ] comet, jinx, bearer of ill luck |
| 掃把 | [ saò bǎ ] broom |
| 掃把星 | [ saò bǎ xīng ] bearer of ill luck, person with the evil eye, comet |
| 掃描 | [ saǒ ] to scan |
| 掃描儀 | [ saǒ yí ] scanner (device) |
| 掃描器 | [ saǒ qì ] scanner |
| 掃盲 | [ saǒ máng ] to wipe out illiteracy |
| 掃眉 | [ saǒ meí ] to paint the eyebrows |
| 掃碼 | [ saǒ mǎ ] to scan a QR code or barcode |
| 掃羅 | [ saǒ luó ] Saul (name), biblical king around 1000 BC |
| 掃興 | [ saǒ xìng ] to have one's spirits dampened, to feel disappointed |
| 掃蕩 | [ saǒ dàng ] to root out, to wipe out |
| 掃蕩腿 | [ saǒ dàng tuǐ ] leg sweep |
| 掃街 | [ saǒ jiē ] to sweep the streets, to canvas (for votes, sales etc) |
| 掃視 | [ saǒ shì ] to run one's eyes over, to sweep one's eyes over |
| 掃除 | [ saǒ chú ] to sweep, to clean with a brush, to sweep away (often fig.) |
| 掃除天下 | [ saǒ chú tiān xià ] to sweep away evil, to purge (the world of crime) |
| 掃除機 | [ saǒ chú jī ] mechanical sweeper |
| 掃雪車 | [ saǒ xuě chē ] snowplow |
| 掃雷 | [ saǒ leí ] minesweeper (computer game) |
| 掃雷艇 | [ saǒ leí tǐng ] minesweeper |
| 掃雷艦 | [ saǒ leí jiàn ] minesweeper |
| 掃黃 | [ saǒ huáng ] campaign against pornography |
| 掃黃打非 | [ saǒ huáng dǎ feī ] to eradicate pornography and illegal publications |
| 掃黃運動 | [ saǒ huáng yùn dòng ] campaign against pornography |
| 掃黑 | [ saǒ heī ] to crack down on illegal activities, to fight organized crime |
| ⇒ 一掃而光 | [ yī saǒ ér guāng ] to clear off, to make a clean sweep of |
| ⇒ 一掃而空 | [ yī saǒ ér kōng ] to sweep clean, to clean out |
| ⇒ 各人自掃門前雪，莫管他家瓦上霜 | [ gè rén zì saǒ mén qián xuě mò guǎn tā jiā wǎ shàng shuāng ] sweep the snow from your own door step, don't worry about the frost on your neighbor's roof (idiom) |
| ⇒ 名譽掃地 | [ míng yù saǒ dì ] to be thoroughly discredited, to fall into disrepute |
| ⇒ 回掃 | [ huí saǒ ] see 回描[hui2 miao2] |
| ⇒ 威信掃地 | [ weī xìn saǒ dì ] to lose every scrap of reputation |
| ⇒ 打掃 | [ dǎ saǒ ] to clean, to sweep |
| ⇒ 拂掃 | [ fú saǒ ] whisk |
| ⇒ 數碼掃描 | [ shù mǎ saǒ ] a digital scan |
| ⇒ 橫掃 | [ héng saǒ ] to sweep away, to sweep across |
| ⇒ 橫掃千軍 | [ héng saǒ qiān jūn ] total annihilation |
| ⇒ 清掃 | [ qīng saǒ ] to tidy up, to mop up, a sweep (against crime) |
| ⇒ 秋風掃落葉 | [ qiū fēng saǒ luò yè ] lit. as the autumn gale sweeps away the fallen leaves (idiom); to drive out the old and make a clean sweep |
| ⇒ 超聲掃描 | [ chaō shēng saǒ ] ultrasonic scan |
| ⇒ 逐行掃描 | [ zhú háng saǒ ] line by line scanning, progressive scanning |
| ⇒ 隔行掃描 | [ gé háng saǒ ] interlaced scanning |
| ⇒ 電腦斷層掃描 | [ diàn naǒ duàn céng saǒ ] CAT scan, CT scan |
| ⇒ 顏面掃地 | [ yán miàn saǒ dì ] lit. for one's face to reach rock bottom, to be thoroughly discredited (idiom) |