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zhě

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zhě Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
zhě | zhe3
English translation
wrinkle, pleat, crease

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About zhě

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Number of strokes

16

Traditional form

zhě

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

cloth

Etymology of zhě

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

衤習

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

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Example sentences using zhě

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四面 sì miàn 墙壁 qiáng bì shǎng 悬垂 xuán chuí zhāo shēn 红色 hóng sè 环状 huán zhuàng zhě de 装饰 zhuāngshì 织物 zhī wù .

Crimson draperies were looped along the walls.

赞同 zàn tóng zài 窗帘 chuānglián 中折这些 zhè xiē zhě ?

Do you approve of my disposal of these folds in the curtain?

北美洲 Běi měi zhōu de 种兰 Huā , zài 晚夏每茎长出 zhǎng chū piān 褶叠的常绿 xié , zài 春季 chūn jì 发出 fā chū zhī yǒu 褐色 hè sè 花的花 tíng .

North American orchid bearing a single leaf and yellowish - brown flowers.

Píng le 衬衣 chèn yī shǎng de 所有 suǒyǒu 皱褶 zhòu zhě .

She ironed out all the creases in the shirt.

féng 那块 shí 折成 zhě .

She puckered the cloth as she sewed.

Words with zhě

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
褶皱 zhě zhòu fold褶皺
zhě pleat zhě
皱褶 zhòu zhě creased皺褶
褶子 zhě zi pleat褶子 zhě zi
百褶裙 bǎi zhě qún pleated skirt百褶裙 bǎi zhě qún
褶曲 zhě qū creasing褶曲 zhě qū
菌褶 jùn zhě lamella (under the cap of a mushroom)菌褶 jùn zhě

zhě Decomposition & Compounds

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