Dictionary › 寨
寨
zhài
What 寨 means
- stronghold
- stockade
- camp
- (stockaded) village
Other readings
Example sentences
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我似乎不太喜欢小米，我觉得小米是屌丝用的手机，就是个山寨机。Wǒ sìhū bù tài xǐhuan xiǎomǐ, wǒ juéde xiǎomǐ shì diǎosī yòng de shǒujī, jiùshì gè shānzhàijī.I don't really like Xiaomi phones, and I think that they're for losers. They're like knock-offs.
Words starting with 寨
Words containing 寨
- 柬埔寨Jiǎn pǔ zhàiCambodia
- 九寨沟Jiǔ zhài gōuJiuzhaigou Valley, Sichuan; Jiuzhaigou county, Sichuan
- 大寨dà zhàiDazhai
- 村寨cūn zhài(stockaded) village
- 山寨shān zhàifortified hill village; mountain stronghold (esp. of bandits); (fig.) knockoff (goods)
- 安营扎寨ān yíng zhā zhàito set up camp; Taiwan pr. ān yíng zhá zhài
- 堡寨bǎo zhàifort; fortress
- 小寨Xiǎo zhàiXiaozhai neighborhood of Xi'an
- 营寨yíng zhàibarracks
- 扎寨zhā zhàito set up an encampment
- 边寨biān zhàifrontier stockade
- 丹寨县Dān zhài XiànDanzhai, a county in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture 黔东南苗族侗族自治州
- 山寨机shān zhài jīknockoff cell phone; counterfeit phone
- 山寨货shān zhài huòa fake; imitation or counterfeit product
- 烟花寨yān huā zhàibrothel (esp. in Yuan theater)
- 金寨县Jīn zhài XiànJinzhai, a county in Lu'an City 六安市
- 引狗入寨yǐn gǒu rù zhàilit. to lead the dog into the village (idiom); fig. to introduce a potential source of…
- 劫寨jié zhàito seize a stronghold; to surprise the enemy in his camp
- 鹿寨县Lù zhài XiànLuzhai, a county in Liuzhou City 柳州市
- 妓寨jì zhàibrothel
- 五寨县Wǔ zhài XiànWuzhai, a county in Xinzhou City 忻州市
- 九寨沟县Jiǔ zhài gōu XiànJiuzhaigou, a county in Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture 阿坝藏族羌族自治州
- 九龙城寨Jiǔ lóng Chéng zhàiKowloon Walled City
- 九寨沟风景名胜区Jiǔ zhài gōu Fēng jǐng míng shèng qūJiuzhaigou Valley Scenic and Historical Interest Area, Sichuan
Characters built on 木
These share the phonetic component 木 (mù), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.
- 采cǎito pick; to pluck; to collect
- 材cáimaterial; timber; ability
- 概gài(bound form) general; approximate; without exception; categorically…
- 柏bǎicedar; cypress; Taiwan pr. bó
- 呆dāifoolish; stupid; expressionless; blank; variant of 待
- 柴cháifirewood; lean (of meat); thin (of a person)
- 栽zāito plant; to grow; to insert; to erect (e.g. a bus stop sign); to impose sth on sb
- 柰nàiChinese pearleaf crabapple (Malus asiatica)
Characters that look like 寨
Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.
- 塞sè(bound form) to block; to obstruct
- 察cháto examine; to inquire; to observe
- 赛sàito compete; competition; match
- 罂yīngearthen jar with small mouth
- 暮mùevening; sunset
- 摹mó(bound form) to imitate; to copy
Sounds the same
Read zhài, tone for tone, but written differently.
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