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榨

zhà

HSK 6 Character

What 榨 means

1. to press
2. to extract (juice)
3. device for extracting juice, oils etc

Other readings

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

• zhàvariant of {榨|zhà}; to press; to extract (juice)

Example sentences

• 她榨了许多柳橙汁。
  Tā zhà le xǔduō liǔchéngzhī.
  She squeezed the juice from many oranges.
• 她用了许多柳橙来榨汁。
  Tā yòng le xǔduō liǔchéng lái zhà zhī.
  She squeezed the juice from many oranges.
• 资本家倾向于压榨工人。
  The capitalists tend to exploit the working people.
• 1916 年，橙子过剩催生了「喝一颗橙子」的广告语，旨在让人们相信，将一颗橙子 (或数颗橙子) 榨汁是开始新一天的健康方式。
  In 1916, a surplus of oranges gave birth to the advertising slogan, “Drink an orange,” which aimed to convince people that juicing an orange (or a few oranges) was a healthy way to start the day.

Words starting with 榨

• 榨菜zhà càihot pickled mustard tuber
• 榨取zhà qǔto extract; to squeeze out (juice etc); (fig.) to exploit
• 榨干zhà gān(fig.) to squeeze dry; to exhaust
• 榨汁zhà zhīto juice fruit or vegetables
• 榨油zhà yóuto extract oil from vegetables; to press
• 榨汁机zhà zhī jījuicer
• 榨酒池zhà jiǔ chíwinepress

Words containing 榨

• 压榨yā zhàto press; to squeeze; to extract juice, oil etc by squeezing
• 敲榨qiāo zhàto press (fruit); variant of 敲诈
• 现榨xiàn zhàto extract (juice, oil etc) on the spot; freshly squeezed
• 电子榨菜diàn zǐ zhà cài(slang) entertaining content such as Internet videos and TV shows that people watch while…
• 拶榨zā zhàto exploit (a worker)

Characters that look like 榨

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

• 粮liánggrain; food; provisions
• 横hénghorizontal; across; crosswise
• 稚zhìinfantile; young
• 鞍ān(bound form) saddle
• 摺zhédocument folded in accordion form; to fold

Sounds the same

Read zhà, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 炸to burst; to explode; to blow up; to bomb; (colloquial) to fly into a rage
• 诈to cheat; to swindle; to pretend
• 乍at first; suddenly; abruptly
• 栅fence; also pr. shān
• 蚱grasshopper
• 咤used in 叱咤
• 醡press for extracting wine
• 柞used in 柞水
• 痄mumps
• 䃎(used in place names)
• 奓to open; to spread
• 溠name of a river