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扎

zhā

HSK 6 Character

What 扎 means

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

Other readings

扎 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• zhā(of troops) to be stationed (at); Taiwan pr. zhá
• zháused in {挣扎|zhēng zhá}
• zāto tie; to bind; classifier for flowers, banknotes etc: bundle
• zhāvariant of {扎|zhā}
• zāvariant of {扎|zā}

Example sentences

• 她扎着辫子。
  Tā zhā zhe biànzi.
  She wore her hair in plaits.
• 我挣扎着挤出地铁。
  Wǒ zhēngzhá zhe jǐchū dìtiě.
  I struggled to get out of the subway.
• 他用绷带包扎了伤口。
  Tāyòng bēngdài bāozā le shāngkǒu.
  He wound a bandage around the wound.
• 绷带把伤口包扎住了。
  Bēngdài bǎ shāngkǒu bāozā zhù le.
  The bandage was wound around the wound.
• 你喜欢莫扎特的音乐吗？
  Nǐ xǐhuan Mòzhātè de yīnyuè ma?
  Do you like Mozart's music?
• 玛莉通常把长发扎成双马尾。
  Mary usually wears her long hair in pigtails.

Words starting with 扎

• 扎实zhā shistrong; solid; sturdy
• 扎根zhā gēnto take root
• 扎扎实实zhā zha shí shífirm; solid; reliable
• 扎堆zhā duī(of people) to flock together; to congregate
• 扎营zhā yíngto camp; to pitch camp; stationed
• 扎眼zhā yǎngarish; dazzling; offensively conspicuous
• 扎针zhā zhēnto give or have an acupuncture treatment
• 扎住zhā zhùto stop; Taiwan pr. zhǎ zhù
• 扎带zā dàicable tie
• 扎心zhā xīnheartrending; deeply distressing
• 扎扎zhā zhā(onomatopoeia) crunch (of marching feet etc)
• 扎款zhā kuǎn(slang) to obtain money; to earn money
• 扎穿zhā chuānto prick; to puncture
• 扎染zā rǎnto tie-dye
• 扎伊尔Zhā yī ěrZaire, former name of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
• 扎鲁特Zā lǔ tèJarud banner or Jarud khoshuu in Tongliao 通辽
• 扎线带zā xiàn dàicable ties; zip ties
• 扎克伯格Zhā kè bó géMark Zuckerberg (1984-), American computer programer, co-founder and CEO of Facebook
• 扎格罗斯Zā gé luó sīZagros mountains of southwest Iran
• 扎尔达里Zā ěr dá lǐAsif Ali Zardari (1956-), Pakistani People's Party politician, widower of murdered…
• 扎鲁特旗Zā lǔ tè qíJarud banner or Jarud khoshuu in Tongliao 通辽
• 扎寨zhā zhàito set up an encampment
• 扎格罗斯山脉Zā gé luó sī shān màiZagros mountains of southwest Iran
• 扎猛子zhā měng zito swim with head submerged

Words containing 扎

• 挣扎zhēng zháto struggle
• 驻扎zhù zhāto station; to garrison (troops)
• 包扎bāo zāto wrap up; to pack; to bind up (a wound)
• 莫扎特Mò zhā tèWolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), Austrian composer
• 巴尔扎克Bā ěr zhā kèHonoré de Balzac (1799-1850), French novelist, author of series La comédie humaine
• 结扎jié zāto tie up; to bind up; (medicine) to ligate
• 卡扎菲Kǎ zhā fēi(Colonel Muammar) Gaddafi (1942-2011), de facto leader of Libya from 1969-2011
• 安营扎寨ān yíng zhā zhàito set up camp; Taiwan pr. ān yíng zhá zhài
• 垂死挣扎chuí sǐ zhēng zhádeathbed struggle; final struggle (idiom)
• 塔扎Tǎ zāTaza (a city in northern Morocco)
• 巴扎bā zhābazaar (loanword)
• 板扎bǎn zhā(dialect) awesome; excellent
• 硬扎yìng zhāstrong; sturdy; awesome
• 针扎zhēn zhāpincushion
• 马扎mǎ zhácampstool; folding stool (with fabric stretched across the top to sit on)
• 马扎尔Mǎ zhā ěrMagyar; Hungarian
• 卡尔扎伊Kǎ ěr zā yīHamid Karzai (1957-), Afghan politician, president 2004-2014
• 密密扎扎mì mì zhā zhāthick; dense
• 普罗扎克Pǔ luó zhā kèProzac (also marketed as Fluoxetine)
• 稳扎稳打wěn zhā wěn dǎto go steady and strike hard (in fighting); fig. steadily and surely
• 莫扎里拉mò zhā lǐ lā(loanword) mozzarella
• 阿布扎比Ā bù zhā bǐAbu Dhabi, capital of United Arab Emirates (UAE)
• 雷扎耶湖Léi zhá yē HúLake Urmia, northwest Iran, a major salt lake; formerly called lake Rezaiyeh
• 马扎尔语Mǎ zhā ěr yǔMagyar (language); Hungarian

Characters that look like 扎

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 礼lǐgift; rite; ceremony
• 凡fánordinary; commonplace; mundane
• 孔kǒnghole; classifier for cave dwellings
• 轧gáto crush together (in a crowd); to make friends; to check (accounts)
• 札zháthin piece of wood used a writing tablet (in ancient China)…
• 尻kāo(literary) buttocks; rump; coccyx; sacrum

Sounds the same

Read zhā, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 渣slag (in mining or smelting); dregs
• 咋used in 咋呼; Taiwan pr. zé
• 喳(onomatopoeia) chirp, twitter, etc
• 楂Chinese hawthorn
• 揸to stretch fingers out
• 吒used for the sound "zha" in the names of certain legendary figures…
• 劄to prick with a needle
• 哳used in 嘲哳; Taiwan pr. zhá
• 齇rosacea
• 柤(hawthorn); Chaenomeles japonica
• 挓to open out; to expand
• 查surname Zha