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zhì Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
zhì | zhi4
English translation
to roast, to broil; to cauterize

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About zhì

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Number of strokes

8

Traditional form

zhì

Contains the radical

Huǒ

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

fire

Etymology of zhì

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

月火

Semantic compound

Huǒ

Phonetic compound

yuè

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. Huǒ represents the meaning and yuè represents the sound.

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Example sentences using zhì

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Hēi 加仑 jiā lún , Hóng méi jiàng , 绿 jiāo , kǎo zhì Guò de 浆果 jiāng guǒ ,, Hēi 李子 lǐ zi wèi .

Black currants, red - berried jams, green pepper, roasted berries , spices, plums.

公路 gōng lù 蜿蜒 wān yán 数英里穿过 chuān guò 炙烤 de 大地 dà dì 灌木丛 guàn mù cóng 仙人掌 xiān rén zhǎng

The road winds for miles through parched earth, scrub and cactus.

Words with zhì

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
zhì to broil zhì
炙手可热 zhì shǒu kě rè fig. arrogance of the powerful炙手可熱
脍炙人口 kuài zhì rén kǒu appealing to the masses膾炙人口
烤炙 kǎo zhì to scorch烤炙 kǎo zhì

zhì Decomposition & Compounds

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