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zāi Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
zāi | zai1
English translation
to grow
to plant
to insert
to force on sb
to fall head first
to cultivate, to plant, to tend

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About zāi

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Number of strokes

10

Traditional form

zāi

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

tree

Etymology of zāi

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

戈木

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

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Example sentences using zāi

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jiāng Xīn zāi de shù 周围 zhōuwéi de dǎo yìng .

I rammed down the earth around the newly - planted tree.

欧洲 Ōuzhōu 一种 yī zhǒng cōng , Cháng xiàng 冬葱一样 yīyàng 栽培 zāipéi 应用 yìngyòng .

European leek cultivated and used like leeks.

那些 nà xiē 孩子 háizi le kēng 准备 zhǔnbèi zāi shù .

The boys scraped out a hollow place for planting trees.

适合 shìhé chūn péng 春秋 Chūn qiū 露地栽培 zāipéi .

For the spring and the spring and open field cultivation shed.

万年青 wàn nián qīng de 栽培 zāipéi 要点 yàodiǎn shì : 温暖 wēnnuǎn 湿润 shīrùn bàn Yīn .

The cultivation of anubis: warm, moist and half Yin.

Words with zāi

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
zāi to grow zāi
栽培 zāipéi to grow栽培 zāipéi
栽赃 zāi zāng to frame sb (by planting sth on them)栽贓
盆栽 pén zāi Japanese: bonsai盆栽 pén zāi
栽种 zāi zhòng to plant栽種
移栽 yí zāi to transplant (horticulture, agriculture)移栽 yí zāi
栽植 zāi zhí to plant栽植 zāi zhí
栽跟头 zāi gēn tou to fall head over heels栽跟頭
栽倒 zāi dǎo to take a fall栽倒 zāi dǎo
倒栽葱 dào zāi cōng to fall headlong倒栽蔥

zāi Decomposition & Compounds

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zāi Decomposition

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zāi Compounds

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