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Pronunciation

zǎi

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zǎi Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
zǎi | zai3
English translation
variant of zǎi [zǎi]
Pīnyīn Pronunciation
zī | zi1
English translation
see 仔肩 zī jiān [zī jiān]
meticulous
(of domestic animals or fowls) young
small thing, child; young animal

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About zǎi

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Number of strokes

5

Traditional form

zǎi

Contains the radical

rén

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

A person  rén keeping watch over a child  also provides the pronunciation

Etymology of zǎi

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

亻子

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. rén represents the meaning and represents the sound.

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Example sentences using zǎi

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zhè běn Shū 所有 suǒyǒu de 插图 chā tú dōu Jiā tiē 仔细 zǐxì ,现在 xiànzài dōu 开始 kāishǐ tuō le .

All the pictures in the book were tipped in carelessly and are beginning to come loose.

克罗伊 dūn 公爵 gōng jué 仔细 zǐxì 察看 chá kàn zhāo Zhāng tān kāi de āi Suǒ 公路 gōng lù .

The Duke of Croydon proed over an opened Esso road map.

dūn zài 脚印 jiǎo yìn páng 仔细 zǐxì de 观察 guānchá .

He squatted down beside the footprints and examined them closely.

yào 剂师仔细 zǐxì de pèi hǎo 草药 cǎo yào , bìng 告诉 gàosu jiān yào de 方法 fāngfǎ .

The pharmacist carefully measured out a dose of herbal medicine and told me how to brew it.

仔细 zǐxì qiáo de 动作 dòngzuò !

Watch my motion carefully.

Words with zǎi

Explore 13 words and sayings that include the Chinese character zǎi in their composition.

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
仔细 zǐxì careful仔細
zǎi meticulous zǎi
牛仔 niú zǎi cowboy牛仔 niú zǎi
牛仔裤 niúzǎikù jeans牛仔褲
仔猪 zǐ zhū piglet仔豬
靓仔 liàng zǎi handsome young man靚仔
狗仔队 gǒu zǎi duì paparazzi狗仔隊
打工仔 dǎ gōng zǎi young worker打工仔 dǎ gōng zǎi
产仔 chǎn zǐ to bear a litter產仔
湾仔 Wān Zǎi Wan Chai district of Hong Kong灣仔
牛仔布 niú zǎi bù denim牛仔布 niú zǎi bù
歌仔戏 gē zǎi xì type of opera from Taiwan and Fujian歌仔戲
仔畜 zǐ chù newborn animal仔畜 zǐ chù

zǎi Decomposition & Compounds

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zǎi Decomposition

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