扫描 (sǎo miáo) — to scan
Definition
扫描 means 'to scan' with a device — documents, images, or body parts (e.g. a brain scan). Don't confuse it with 扫 (to sweep) or 打扫 (to clean); the focus here is digital/medical scanning, not physical sweeping.
verb
to scan
Examples
- 扫描。Qǐng bǎ zhè xiē wén jiàn sǎo miáo yí xià.Please scan these documents.
- 扫描。Zhè ge ruǎn jiàn kě yǐ sǎo miáo tú piàn shàng de wén zì.This software can scan the text from images.
- 扫描。Yī shēng yòng yí qì sǎo miáo le tā de dà nǎo.The doctor used a device to scan his brain.
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