扎 - zhā - Chinese character definition, English meaning and stroke order

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扎

zhā

Definition

to prick
to run or stick (a needle etc) into
jug (a classifier for liquids such as beer)

Other pronunciations

扎	zhá	penetrating (as of cold) struggle
扎	zā	to tie to bind classifier (for flowers, banknotes etc: bundle) measure word Taiwan pr. [zha2]

Character Decomposition

Related words (23)

扎住

zhā zhù

to stop; Taiwan pr. [zha3 zhu4]

draught beer

to gather together

solid; sturdy; strong; sound; firm; down-to-earth; practical

扎寨

zhā zhài

to set up an encampment

扎扎

zhā zhā

(onom.) crunch (of marching feet etc)

to take root

to obtain money; to earn money (slang)

扎眼

zhā yǎn

garish; dazzling; offensively conspicuous

扎穿

zhā chuān

to prick; to puncture

扎营

zhā yíng

to camp; to pitch camp; stationed; quartered; Taiwan pr. [zha2 ying2]

扎针

zhā zhēn

to give or have an acupuncture treatment

扎猛子

zhā měng zi

to swim with head submerged

solid progress

firm; solid; reliable; real; practical

bazaar (loanword)

(dialect) awesome; excellent

硬扎

yìng zhā

strong; sturdy; awesome

pincushion

to station; to garrison (troops)

安营扎寨

ān yíng zhā zhài

to set up camp; Taiwan pr. [an1 ying2 zha2 zhai4]

thick; dense

to go steady and strike hard (in fighting); (fig.) steadily and surely

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