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zhū

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zhū Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
zhū | zhu1
English translation
tree trunk
stump (tree root)
a plant
classifier for trees or plants
to involve others (in shady business)
root, stump; measure word for trees

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About zhū

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Number of strokes

10

Traditional form

zhū

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Isolated measure word / 量词 liàng cí Liàngcí

Learning hint

tree

Etymology of zhū

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

木朱

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

zhū

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and zhū represents the sound. Originally written as zhū .

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Example sentences using zhū

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他们 tā men 拔除 bá chú le 坟墓 fénmù shǎng de 茂草荨麻 qián má , kǎn duàn ǎi shù gēn zhū .

They plucked the long grass and nettles from the tombs, thinned the poor shrubs and roots.

自养 zì yǎng 突变 tū biàn shì Cóng 同株同核融合 róng hé lèi qún de 6不同 bù tóng de 原种菌系制备 zhì bèi de .

Autotrophic mutants were prepared from six different stocks of the homoictic group.

看见 kànjiàn 这株可怜 kělián de xiǎo 东西 dōngxī wān dǎo zài de .

I found the slender young thing bent to the earth.

tóng zhū 上生 liǎng zhǒng Huā .

Two types of inflorescence are found within one tree.

jiāng zhū shù 连根 chú 需要 xūyào 一分 Zhōng 左右 zuǒyòu .

Time required to uproot a tree is about a minute.

Words with zhū

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
zhū tree trunk zhū
守株待兔 shǒu zhū dài tù to wait idly for opportunities守株待兔 shǒu zhū dài tù
植株 zhí zhū plant (horticulture)植株 zhí zhū
株式会社 zhū shì huì shè corporation株式會社
株洲 Zhū zhōu Zhuzhou prefecture level city, on the Xiangjiang river in Hunan株洲 Zhū zhōu
株连 zhū lián guilt by association株連
株洲市 Zhū zhōu shì Zhuzhou prefecture level city, on the Xiangjiang river in Hunan株洲市 Zhū zhōu shì
株距 zhū jù spacing株距 zhū jù
病株 bìng zhū diseased or infected plant病株 bìng zhū
株洲县 Zhū zhōu xiàn Zhuzhou county in Zhuzhou 株洲 Zhū zhōu , Hunan株洲縣

zhū Decomposition & Compounds

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zhū Decomposition

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