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柱

zhù

HSK 6 Character Measure word 根

What 柱 means

1. pillar

Example sentences

• 他的头撞到了一根柱子。
  Tā de tóu zhuàng dào le yī gēn zhùzi.
  He bumped his head against a post.
• 她心不在焉的把车子撞在了柱子上。
  Tā xīnbùzàiyān de bǎ chēzi zhuàng zài le zhùzi shàng.
  By lack of attention, she hit the post with her car.
• 巨大的柱子遮住了视线，让人看不到湖。
  Jùdà de zhùzi zhēzhù le shìxiàn, ràng rén kàn bù dào hú.
  A large pillar obstructs the view of the lake.
• 这些高官和富商的大四合院常常有精美雕刻并粉刷的横梁和柱子，并伴有精心修剪的花园。
  Zhèxiē gāoguān hé fùshāng de dàsì héyuàn chángcháng yǒu jīngměi diāokè bìng fěnshuā de héngliáng hé zhùzi, bìng bànyǒu jīngxīn xiūjiǎn de huāyuán.
  The large siheyuans of these high-ranking officials and wealthy merchants often featured beautifully carved and painted roof beams and pillars and carefully landscaped gardens.

Words starting with 柱

• 柱子zhù zipillar
• 柱塞zhù sāiplunger; (automotive) piston
• 柱石zhù shípillar
• 柱身zhù shēncolumn shaft (architecture)
• 柱头zhù tóu(architecture) capital; column head; (botany) stigma
• 柱体zhù tǐcylinder; prism (math.)
• 柱型图zhù xíng túbar graph; bar diagram
• 柱状图zhù zhuàng túbar chart
• 柱梁zhù liángpillar

Words containing 柱

• 支柱zhī zhùmainstay; pillar; prop
• 石柱shí zhùstela; upright stone; obelisk
• 圆柱yuán zhùcolumn; cylinder
• 水柱shuǐ zhùstream of water (as from a fountain or a faucet); jet of water
• 脊柱jǐ zhùspinal column; columna vertebralis
• 顶梁柱dǐng liáng zhùpillar; backbone
• 光柱guāng zhùlight beam; light pillar (atmospheric optics)
• 门柱mén zhùdoorpost
• 天柱tiān zhùpillars supporting heaven
• 冰柱bīng zhùicicle
• 核柱hé zhùnuclear column
• 标柱biāo zhùdistance marker; pole marking distance on racetrack
• 火柱huǒ zhùcolumn of flame
• 灯柱dēng zhùlamppost
• 台柱tái zhùpillar; mainstay; star performer
• 花柱huā zhùstyle (female organ of flower)
• 贝柱bèi zhùthe cylindrical adductor muscle of bivalve shellfish such as scallops
• 钢柱gāng zhùiron pillar; iron rod
• 圆柱形yuán zhù xíngcylindrical
• 圆柱体yuán zhù tǐcylinder (geometry)
• 天柱县Tiān zhù XiànTianzhu, a county in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture 黔东南苗族侗族自治州
• 洪秀柱Hóng Xiù zhùHung Hsiu-chu (1948-), Taiwanese KMT politician
• 石柱县Shí zhù xiànShizhu Tujia autonomous county in Qianjiang suburbs of Chongqing municipality
• 维管柱wéi guǎn zhùvascular column

Characters built on 主

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

• 注zhù(bound form) to pour into; to flow into; to inject…
• 住zhùto live; to reside; to stay; to stop; to cease…
• 驻zhùto halt; to stay; to be stationed (of troops, diplomats etc)
• 蛀zhùtermite; to bore (of insects)
• 拄zhǔto lean on; to prop on
• 炷zhùwick of an oil lamp; to burn (incense etc); classifier for lit incense sticks
• 麈zhǔleader of herd; stag

Characters that look like 柱

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

• 核hépit; stone; nucleus
• 挂guàto hang; to suspend (from a hook etc); to hang up (the phone); (of a line) to be dead
• 桂guìcassia; laurel
• 枯kū(of plants) withered; (of wells, rivers etc) dried up; (bound form) dull; boring
• 桔jiéused in 桔梗; used in 桔槔
• 拈niānto nip; to grasp with the fingers; to fiddle with

Sounds the same

Read zhù, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 住to live; to reside; to stay; to stop; to cease…
• 助to help; to assist
• 注(bound form) to pour into; to flow into; to inject…
• 祝to pray for; to wish (sb bon voyage, happy birthday etc)…
• 著to make known; to show; to prove
• 筑five-string lute; Taiwan pr. zhú
• 驻to halt; to stay; to be stationed (of troops, diplomats etc)
• 铸to cast or found metals
• 贮to store; to save; stockpile
• 蛀termite; to bore (of insects)
• 箸(literary) chopsticks
• 伫to stand for a long time; to wait; to look forward to