扎 zhā

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Number of strokes

Traditional form

扎 zhā

Contains the radical

扌 shǒu

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

A hand 扌 shǒu tying a bundle with string 乚 gōu

Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

⿰扌乚

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Broaden your vocabulary by interacting with 5 audio-assisted sentences using the Chinese word 扎 zhā in different contexts.

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他 tā 把 bǎ 衬衣 chèn yī 从 Cóng 背 bēi 上 shǎng 脱 tuō 了 le 下来 xià lai , 包扎 bāo zā 好 hǎo 伤口 shāng kǒu .

Stripping the shirt from his back, he bound the wound.

她 tā 用 yòng 一 yī 根 gēn 丝带 sī dài 扎 zhā 好 hǎo 了 le 生日 shēngrì 礼物 lǐwù .

She banded the birthday gift with a silk strip.

如果 rúguǒ 扎 zhā 进 jìn 一 yī 颗大头钉 dīng ,气球 qì qiú 就 jiù 会 huì 突然 tūrán 爆 bào 开 kāi .

The balloon will pop if you put a pin in it.

克莱 Kè lái 门 Mén 扎 zhā 忙于 máng yú 对付 duìfu 鲍 bào 里 lǐ -嘎 gā 吐 tǔ ,根本 gēnběn 分不开手 shǒu .

Clemenza was tied up with Paulie Gatto.

这 zhè 只 zhǐ 猫 māo 挣扎 zhēngzhá 着 zhāo 想 xiǎng 跑 páo 掉 diào .

The cat made a struggle to get free.

Explore 20 words and sayings that include the Chinese character 扎 zhā in their composition.

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Simplified	Meaning	Traditional
扎 zhā	to prick	扎 zhā
挣扎 zhēngzhá	to struggle	掙扎
扎实 zhāshi	strong	扎實
驻扎 zhùzhā	to station	駐紮
包扎 bāo zā	to wrap up	包紮
结扎 jié zā	ligation (medicine)	結扎
莫扎特 Mò zhā tè	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), Austrian composer	莫扎特 Mò zhā tè
扎根 zhā gēn	to take root	扎根 zhā gēn
扎扎实实 zhā zha shí shí	firm	扎扎實實
扎营 zhā yíng	to camp	紮營
垂死挣扎 chuí sǐ zhēng zhá	deathbed struggle	垂死掙扎
卡扎菲 Kǎ zhā fēi	(Colonel Muammar) Gaddafi (1942-2011), de facto leader of Libya from 1969-2011	卡扎菲 Kǎ zhā fēi
扎针 zhā zhēn	to give or have an acupuncture treatment	扎針
稳扎稳打 wěn zhā wěn dǎ	fig. steadily and surely	穩扎穩打
安营扎寨 ān yíng zhā zhài	to set up camp	安營紮寨
扎伊尔 Zhā yī ěr	Zaire	扎伊爾
扎眼 zhā yǎn	garish	扎眼 zhā yǎn
巴尔扎克 Bā ěr zhā kè	Honoré de Balzac (1799-1850), French novelist, author of series La comédie humaine	巴爾扎克
卡尔扎伊 Kǎ ěr zā yī	Hamid Karzai (1957-), Afghan politician, president 2004-2014	卡爾紮伊
阿布扎比 Ā bù zhā bǐ	Abu Dhabi, capital of United Arab Emirates (UAE)	阿布扎比 Ā bù zhā bǐ