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插

chā

HSK 5 Character

What 插 means

1. to insert
2. stick in
3. pierce
4. to take part in
5. to interfere
6. to interpose

Other readings

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

• chāold variant of {插|chā}

Example sentences

• 别插手。
  Stay out of this.
• 插进去!
  Insert it!
• 别再插手。
  Stop meddling.
• 我插不上话。
  I can't get a word in.
• 你拔插头了吗？
  Have you pulled the plug out?
• 不要插手我的事。
  Bù yào chāshǒu wǒ de shì.
  Don't interfere in my affairs.

Words starting with 插

• 插入chā rùto insert; to stick in; to plug in
• 插曲chā qǔmusic played during a movie, play etc; incidental music…
• 插图chā túillustration
• 插进chā jìnto insert; to stick in; to plug in (an electronic device)
• 插队chā duìto cut in line; to jump a queue; to live on a rural community…
• 插上chā shangto plug into; to insert; to stick in
• 插座chā zuòsocket; outlet
• 插话chā huàto interrupt (sb speaking); interruption; digression
• 插嘴chā zuǐto interrupt (sb talking); to butt in; to cut into a conversation
• 插手chā shǒuto get involved in; to meddle; interference
• 插头chā tóuplug
• 插播chā bōto interrupt (a radio or TV program) with a commercial insert, breaking news etc…
• 插花chā huāflower arranging; ikebana
• 插画chā huàillustration
• 插秧chā yāngto transplant rice seedlings
• 插口chā kǒusocket (for an electric plug); to interrupt (sb speaking); to butt in
• 插件chā jiànplug-in (software or hardware); to plug in a component
• 插值chā zhíinterpolation (math.)
• 插排chā páipower strip
• 插班chā bānto join a class partway through the course
• 插眼chā yǎnto poke in the eye; (gaming) to place a ward (i.e. vision-granting item)…
• 插管chā guǎn(medicine) to intubate; intubation; (endotracheal) tube
• 插脚chā jiǎoto shove in; to edge in; fig. to poke one's nose into people's business
• 插补chā bǔinterpolation (math.)

Words containing 插

• 穿插chuān chāto insert; to take turns, alternate; to interweave
• 安插ān chāto place in a certain position; to assign to a job; to plant
• 见缝插针jiàn fèng chā zhēnlit. to see a gap and stick in a needle (idiom); fig. to make use of every second and…
• 内插nèi chāto install (hardware) internally (rather than plugging it in as a peripheral)…
• 外插wài chāto extrapolate; extrapolation (math.); (computing) to plug in (a peripheral device etc)
• 排插pái chāpower strip
• 根插gēn chāto plant roots; to propagate from root cuttings
• 重插chóng chāto replug; to disconnect and reconnect (from a plug, port, connection etc)
• 不插电bù chā diànunplugged (of rock musicians performing on acoustic instruments)
• 倒插门dào chā mén(of the husband) to marry into and live with the wife's family…
• 小插曲xiǎo chā qǔepisode; brief interlude
• 直插式zhí chā shì(of a connector etc) inline
• 抽插chōu chāto slide in and out; thrusting
• 即插即用jí chā jí yòngplug-and-play
• 随插即用suí chā jí yòngplug and play (computing)
• 电源插座diàn yuán chā zuòelectric socket; power point
• 气管插管术qì guǎn chā guǎn shùendotracheal intubation (medicine)
• 叶插yè chāto propagate from leaf cuttings
• 热插拔rè chā báhot swapping
• 挤挤插插jǐ jǐ chā chācrowded tightly; jam-packed
• 无心插柳wú xīn chā liǔ(idiom) (of a good outcome) unanticipated; serendipitous; fortuitous
• 两肋插刀liǎng lèi chā dāo(lit.) to take knives in both sides (idiom); (fig.) to go to any lengths for a friend…
• 扦插qiān chā(agriculture) to plant by cuttage; to propagate from cuttings
• 无心插柳柳成阴wú xīn chā liǔ liǔ chéng yīnlit. idly poke a stick in the mud and it grows into a tree to shade you…

Characters built on 臿

These share the phonetic component 臿 (chā), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 歃shàto drink
• 锸chāspade; shovel

Characters that look like 插

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

• 描miáoto depict; to trace (a drawing); to copy
• 幅fúwidth; roll; classifier for textiles or pictures
• 摇yáoto shake; to rock; to row
• 捶chuíto beat (with a stick or one's fist); to thump; to pound
• 搔sāoto scratch; old variant of 骚
• 掴guāito slap; also pr. guó

Sounds the same

Read chā, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 叉fork; pitchfork; prong
• 杈fork of a tree; pitchfork
• 喳used in 喳喳
• 嚓used in 咔嚓; Taiwan pr. cā
• 差difference; discrepancy; (math) difference (amount remaining after a subtraction)…
• 锸spade; shovel
• 扠to fork
• 臿to separate the grain from the husk
• 艖raft; boat
• 馇to cook and stir (animal feed); (colloquial) to simmer (porridge etc)