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桌

zhuō

HSK 1 Character

What 桌 means

1. table
2. desk
3. classifier for tables of guests at a banquet etc

Other readings

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

• zhuōold variant of {桌|zhuō}

Example sentences

• 它在桌下。
  It's under the table.
• 笔在桌上。
  The pen is on the desk.
• 这是张木桌。
  This is a wooden table.
• 我坐在桌旁。
  I am sitting at the table.
• 杯子在桌上。
  The cup is on the table.
• 桌上有些书。
  On the table there are some books.

Words starting with 桌

• 桌子zhuō zitable; desk
• 桌面zhuō miàndesktop; tabletop
• 桌布zhuō bùtablecloth; (Taiwan; computing) background; wallpaper (of a desktop, phone etc)
• 桌案zhuō àntable
• 桌机zhuō jīdesktop computer
• 桌球zhuō qiútable tennis; table tennis ball (Tw); billiards
• 桌游zhuō yóuboard game
• 桌上型zhuō shàng xíngdesktop
• 桌面儿上zhuō miàn r shàngon the table; fig. everything open and above board
• 桌上型电脑zhuō shàng xíng diàn nǎodesktop computer
• 桌灯zhuō dēngdesk lamp
• 桌巾zhuō jīntablecloth
• 桌椅板凳zhuō yǐ bǎn dèngchairs and tables; household furniture
• 桌面儿zhuō miàn rerhua variant of 桌面

Words containing 桌

• 餐桌cān zhuōdining table; dinner table
• 同桌tóng zhuōdesk-mate; seat-mate
• 书桌shū zhuōdesk
• 饭桌fàn zhuōdining table
• 课桌kè zhuōschool desk
• 圆桌yuán zhuōround table
• 八仙桌bā xiān zhuōold-fashioned square table to seat eight people
• 谈判桌tán pàn zhuōconference table
• 讲桌jiǎng zhuōlectern; podium
• 上桌shàng zhuōto place (food) on the table; to sit down to eat (at the dining table)
• 牌桌pái zhuōmahjong table; card table; gambling table; gaming table
• 翻桌fān zhuōto flip a table over (in a fit of anger); (at a restaurant) to turn over a table…
• 办桌bàn zhuō(Taiwan) to hold a banquet; to provide catering; catering
• 台球桌tái qiú zhuōbilliards table
• 翻桌率fān zhuō lǜtable turnover rate (in a restaurant)
• 活动桌面huó dòng zhuō miànactive desktop
• 酒桌文化jiǔ zhuō wén huàdrinking culture
• 餐桌转盘cān zhuō zhuàn pánrevolving tray on a dining table; lazy Susan
• 办公桌轮用bàn gōng zhuō lún yònghot-desking
• 小饭桌xiǎo fàn zhuōdining room for young schoolchildren unable to go home for lunch
• 圆桌会议yuán zhuō huì yìround table conference
• 钻桌子zuān zhuō zito crawl under a table (e.g. as a forfeit for losing a bet or card game)…
• 赌桌dǔ zhuōgambling table; gaming table
• 拼桌pīn zhuōto sit at a table with others with whom one is unacquainted

Characters that look like 桌

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

• 美měibeautiful; very satisfactory; good; to beautify
• 真zhēnreally; truly; indeed
• 莫mòdo not; there is none who
• 衷zhōnginner feelings
• 巢cháonest
• 奚xī(literary) what?; where?; why?

Sounds the same

Read zhuō, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 捉to clutch; to grab; to capture
• 拙awkward; clumsy; dull
• 涿used in place names
• 倬noticeable; large; clear
• 棁(wooden) stick; roof beam
• 棹variant of 桌
• 蝃see 蝃蝥