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树枝

shù zhī

2-character word Traditional 樹枝

What 树枝 means

1. branch
2. twig

The characters in 树枝

• 树shùtree; to cultivate; to set up
• 枝zhībranch; classifier for sticks, rods, pencils etc

Example sentences

• 鸟用细树枝筑巢。
  Birds build nests of twigs.
• 他紧紧抓住树枝。
  He held on firmly to the branch.
• 灯笼在树枝上吊着。
  Dēnglóng zài shùzhī shàngdiào zhe.
  The lamp was suspended from the branch of a tree.
• 果子把树枝压弯了。
  The fruit weighed the branches down.
• 我从树上砍下了一根树枝。
  Wǒ cóng shù shàng kǎn xià le yī gēn shùzhī.
  I cut a branch from the tree.
• 水道如树枝般越过了平原。
  Shuǐdào rú shùzhī bān yuèguò le píngyuán.
  The waterways branch out across the plain.

Words starting with 树枝

• 树枝状晶shù zhī zhuàng jīngdendrite (crystallography)

Sounds the same

Read shù zhī, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 树脂resin