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扎 zhā

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扎 zhā Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
zhā | zha1
English translation
to prick
to run or stick (a needle etc) into
jug (a classifier for liquids such as beer)
variant of 紮 zā
>扎 zhā [zhā]
penetrating (as of cold)
struggle
to bind, to wrap; to pierce; to stop
Pīnyīn Pronunciation
zā | za1
English translation
variant of 紮 zā
>扎 zhā [zā]
to tie
to bind
classifier for flowers, banknotes etc: bundle
Taiwan pr. [zhá]

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About 扎 zhā

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HSK level

6

Number of strokes

4

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

Etymology of 扎 zhā

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

⿰扌乚

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Example sentences using 扎 zhā

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这 zhè 棵 kē 小 xiǎo 树 shù 已经 yǐjīng 扎根 zhā gēn 了 le .

The young tree has struck root.

意识 yìshí 到 dào 她 tā 已 yǐ 走 zǒu 了 le 让 ràng 人心 rén xīn 像 xiàng 刀 Dāo 扎 zhā 了 le 一样 yīyàng .

The realisation that she was gone was like a knife thrust.

那 Nā 贼 zéi 挣扎 zhēngzhá 着 zhāo 要 yāo 逃脱 táo tuō .

The thief struggled to get free.

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 绣 xiù 的 de 那 Nā 个 gè 字 zì ,针 zhēn 针 zhēn 线 xiàn 线 xiàn 全都 quán dōu 扎到她 tā 心口 xīn kǒu 上 shǎng 呢 ne .”

Not a stitch in that embroidered letter but she has felt it in her heart.

Words with 扎 zhā

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
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

扎 zhā Decomposition & Compounds

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