拯 zhěng

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Traditional form

拯 zhěng

Contains the radical

扌 shǒu

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

To give 丞 chéng a hand 扌 shǒu ; 丞 chéng also provides the pronunciation

Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

⿰扌丞

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Broaden your vocabulary by interacting with 3 audio-assisted sentences using the Chinese word 拯 zhěng in different contexts.

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4个 gè 拯救 zhěng jiù 动物园 dòng wù yuán 的 de 方案 fāngàn 正 zhēng 争得 zhēng dé 不可开交 bù kě kāi jiāo 。

Four rescue plans are vying to save the zoo.

我 wǒ 费尽心机 fèi jìn xīn jī 在 zài 做 zuò 的 de 就是 jiù shì 改造 gǎi zào 、拯救 zhěng jiù 语言 yǔyán 。

What I've tried very subtly to do is to reclaim language.

门德斯先生 Xiānsheng 正 zhēng 领导 lǐngdǎo 一场运动 yùndòng ，以 yǐ 拯救 zhěng jiù 遭到 zāo dào 乱砍滥伐的 de 巴西 Bā xī 热带雨林 rè dài yǔ lín 。

Mr Mendes was leading a campaign to save Brazil's rainforest from exploitation.

Explore 3 words and sayings that include the Chinese character 拯 zhěng in their composition.

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Simplified	Meaning	Traditional
拯救 zhěng jiù	to save	拯救 zhěng jiù
包拯 Bāo Zhěng	modern day metaphor for an honest politician	包拯 Bāo Zhěng
拯 zhěng	to raise	拯 zhěng