扎
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY

扎

zhā

to prick

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DEFINITIONS & USAGE

Meaning and common use

01

to prick

02

to run or stick (a needle etc) into

03

mug or jug used for serving beer (loanword from "jar")

ABOUT THIS ENTRY

Where this entry comes from

The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Usage notes and example sentences are hand-written, so they exist for only a handful of entries.

Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

COMMON QUESTIONS

About 扎

What does 扎 mean in Chinese?

扎 (zhā) means to prick.

How do you pronounce 扎?

扎 is pronounced zhā. It also has the readings zhá, zā.

Is 扎 an HSK word?

扎 is on the HSK 6 list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.

What part of speech is 扎?

扎 is used as a 动词 (verb) in Chinese.

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