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架子

jià zi

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

架子 (jià zi) means "shelf; frame; stand". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 架子 means

1. shelf
2. frame
3. stand
4. framework
5. airs
6. arrogance

The characters in 架子

• 架jiàto support; frame; rack
• 子zinoun suffix, as in 椅子

Example sentences

• 别摆架子。
  Don't give yourself airs.
• 琼做了一个架子。
  Qióng zuò le yī gè jiàzi.
  John made a book shelf.
• 请把书放在架子上。
  Please put the book on the shelf.
• 他从架子上拿下书。
  He got the book down from the shelf.
• 你能拿到架子上的书吗？
  Nǐ néng ná dào jiàzi shàng de shū ma?
  Can't you reach the book on the shelf?
• 我父亲为我做了个架子。
  Wǒ fùqīn wèi wǒ zuò le gè jiàzi.
  My father made a shelf for me.

Words starting with 架子

• 架子车jià zi chētwo-wheeled handcart
• 架子鼓jià zi gǔdrum kit
• 架子猪jià zi zhūfeeder pig

Words containing 架子

• 官架子guān jià ziputting on official airs
• 拿架子ná jià zito throw one's weight around; to put on airs
• 花架子huā jià ziattractive appearance, but without substance
• 端架子duān jià zito put on airs
• 摆架子bǎi jià zito put on airs; to assume great airs
• 摆花架子bǎi huā jià zilit. to arrange a shelf of flowers; superficial display (idiom)
• 骨头架子gǔ tou jià ziskeleton; skinny person; a mere skeleton
• 搭架子dā jià zito put up scaffolding; to build a framework; to launch an enterprise
• 臭架子chòu jià zistinking pretension; to give oneself airs and offend others; hateful arrogance

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• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read jià zi correctly.
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