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zhù

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zhù Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
zhù | zhu4
English translation
pillar
CL: gēn [gēn]
to lean on; pillar, post, support

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About zhù

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Number of strokes

9

Traditional form

zhù

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

tree

Etymology of zhù

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

木主

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

zhǔ

Explanation

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

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Example sentences using zhù

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zài 6.11 jiē Zhōng 节中, jiāng 讨论 tǎolùn zhù xíng 空腔 kōng qiāng 问题 wèntí .

In Section 6 . 11 the cylindrical cavity problem is discussed.

zhù jiān shì liǎng zhuān hòu de qīng zhì 空心 kōng xīn jiē jiān qiáng .

Between the columns were light, hollow panel walls of double brick.

以为 yǐwéi Liáng zhù 银霞以为 yǐwéi bīng ﹒.

Beams and pillars of rainbow , ho , screens and drapery of silvery afterglow.

yòng gēn 皮带 pí dài gǒu shuān dào 柱子 zhù zi shǎng .

He fastened the dog to the post with a thong.

Wēn de 水银柱表明 biǎomíng zài Yīn chǔ 温度 wēndù wéi 摄氏 Shè shì 37.

The mercury indicated 37℃ in the shade.

Words with zhù

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
zhù pillar zhù
支柱 zhīzhù mainstay支柱 zhīzhù
柱子 zhù zi pillar柱子 zhù zi
脊柱 jǐ zhù spinal column脊柱 jǐ zhù
门柱 mén zhù doorpost門柱
圆柱 yuán zhù column圓柱
中流砥柱 zhōng liú dǐ zhù mainstay中流砥柱 zhōng liú dǐ zhù
顶梁柱 dǐng liáng zhù pillar頂梁柱
冰柱 bīng zhù icicle冰柱 bīng zhù
灯柱 dēng zhù lamppost燈柱
石柱 Shí zhù stela石柱 Shí zhù
光柱 guāng zhù light beam光柱 guāng zhù
偷梁换柱 tōu liáng huàn zhù to replace the original with a fake偷梁換柱
台柱 tái zhù pillar臺柱
天柱 Tiān zhù Tianzhu county in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong autonomous prefecture 黔東南州|黔东南州 Qián dōng nán zhōu [Qián​dōng​nán​zhōu], Guizhou天柱 Tiān zhù
圆柱体 yuán zhù tǐ cylinder (geometry)圓柱體
柱头 zhù tóu column head柱頭
柱石 zhù shí pillar柱石 zhù shí
花柱 huā zhù style (female organ of flower)花柱 huā zhù
柱塞 zhù sāi piston柱塞 zhù sāi
天柱县 Tiān zhù xiàn Tianzhu county in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong autonomous prefecture 黔東南州|黔东南州 Qián dōng nán zhōu [Qián​dōng​nán​zhōu], Guizhou天柱縣
火柱 huǒ zhù column of flame火柱 huǒ zhù

zhù Decomposition & Compounds

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zhù Decomposition

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zhù Compounds

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