扎

zhāㄓㄚ

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HSK 6 TOCFL 7

Meaning

Meanings

1
to prick
2
to run or stick (a needle etc) into
3
mug or jug used for serving beer (loanword from "jar")

Examples

See it in context

她扎着辫子。

她扎着辮子。

She wore her hair in plaits.

她拔出了一根兒扎在輪胎裡的刺。

她拔出了一根兒紮在輪胎裡的刺。

She pulled a thorn out of the tyre.

Related: 扎

扎根

zhā gēn

to take root

挣扎

zhēng zhá

to struggle

Stroke practice

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Characters

simplified script

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