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植

zhí

HSK 4 Character

What 植 means

1. to plant

Example sentences

• 树是植物。
  Trees are plants.
• 玛丽喜欢植物
  Mǎlì xǐhuan zhíwù
  Mary likes plants.
• 植物能说话吗？
  Can plants talk?
• 别忘记浇植物。
  Remember to water the plants.
• 玛丽喜欢植物。
  Mary likes plants.
• 植有松树的庭院。
  Zhí yǒu sōngshù de tíngyuàn.
  A garden planted with pine trees.

Words starting with 植

• 植物zhí wùplant; vegetation
• 植物园zhí wù yuánbotanical garden; arboretum
• 植被zhí bèivegetation; plant cover
• 植入zhí rùto implant
• 植物人zhí wù rénperson in a vegetative state; human vegetable
• 植树zhí shùto plant trees
• 植物学zhí wù xuébotany
• 植物油zhí wù yóuvegetable oil
• 植保zhí bǎoplant protection; crop protection (abbr. for 植物保护
• 植根zhí gēnto take root; to establish a base
• 植牙zhí yádental implant
• 植皮zhí píto graft skin; skin grafting
• 植发zhí fàto get a hair transplant
• 植根于zhí gēn yúto be rooted to; to take root in
• 植树节Zhí shù jiéArbor Day (observed on March 12th in China)
• 植物界zhí wù jièKingdom Plantae (biology)
• 植物群zhí wù qúnflora
• 植物肉zhí wù ròuplant-based meat
• 植树造林zhí shù zào línafforestation
• 植物学家zhí wù xué jiābotanist
• 植物状态zhí wù zhuàng tàivegetative state (medicine)
• 植入式广告zhí rù shì guǎng gàoproduct placement
• 植物人状态zhí wù rén zhuàng tàivegetative state (i.e. in a coma)
• 植物化学成分zhí wù huà xué chéng fènphytochemical

Words containing 植

• 种植zhòng zhíto plant; to grow (a crop); to cultivate
• 移植yí zhíto transplant
• 动植物dòng zhí wùplants and animals; flora and fauna
• 培植péi zhíto cultivate; to train; cultivation
• 扶植fú zhíto foster; to support
• 曹植Cáo ZhíCao Zhi (192-232), son of Cao Cao 曹操, noted poet and calligrapher
• 密植mì zhíclose planting
• 误植wù zhíto write a word incorrectly; typo; (medicine) to mistakenly transplant…
• 可移植kě yí zhíportable (programming language)
• 移植性yí zhí xìngportability
• 种植园zhòng zhí yuánplantation
• 种植业zhòng zhí yèplantation
• 种植牙zhòng zhí yádental implant
• 种植体zhòng zhí tǐimplant (dentistry)
• 可移植性kě yí zhí xìngportability (programming language)
• 多肉植物duō ròu zhí wùsucculent (plant)
• 木本植物mù běn zhí wùwoody plant
• 移植手术yí zhí shǒu shù(organ) transplant operation
• 种子植物zhǒng zi zhí wùseed plant
• 草本植物cǎo běn zhí wùherbaceous plant
• 被子植物bèi zǐ zhí wùangiosperm (flowering plants with seed contained in a fruit)
• 隐花植物yǐn huā zhí wùCryptogamae; cryptogamous plant (botany); plants such as algae 藻类
• 杂交植物zá jiāo zhí wùhybrid plant
• 显花植物xiǎn huā zhí wùPhanerogamae (botany); flowering plants

Characters built on 直

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

• 置zhìto install; to place; to put
• 值zhívalue; (to be) worth; to happen to
• 殖zhíto grow; to reproduce
• 埴zhísoil with large clay content
• 稙zhíearly-planted crop

Characters that look like 植

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

• 殖zhíto grow; to reproduce
• 毯tǎnblanket; rug
• 榄lǎn(bound form) olive
• 棺guāncoffin
• 楂cháfell trees; raft; to hew
• 旌jīngbanner; make manifest

Sounds the same

Read zhí, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 职office; duty
• 值value; (to be) worth; to happen to
• 直straight; to straighten; fair and reasonable
• 执to execute (a plan); to grasp
• 殖to grow; to reproduce
• 侄brother's son; nephew
• 跖metatarsus; (literary) sole of the foot; (literary) to tread on
• 踯used in 踯躅
• 埴soil with large clay content
• 秷sound of reaping
• 摭pick up; to select
• 稙early-planted crop