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泽

zé

HSK 6 Character Traditional 澤

What 泽 means

1. pool
2. pond
3. (of metals etc) luster
4. favor or beneficence
5. damp
6. moist

Example sentences

• 指环没了光泽。
  This ring has lost its glitter.
• 指环失去了光泽。
  Zhǐhuán shīqù le guāngzé.
  This ring has lost its glitter.
• 他每年都去轻井泽。
  He goes to Karuizawa every year.
• 泽西岛的景色很美。
  Jersey has beautiful scenery.
• 她两年前叁观了金泽。
  She visited Kanazawa two years ago.
• 泽兰语是种地区语言。
  Zeelandic is a regional language.

Words starting with 泽

• 泽塔zé tǎzeta (Greek letter Ζζ)
• 泽兰zé lánEupatorium, e.g. Japanese bog orchid (Eupatorium japonicum Thunb)
• 泽西Zé xīJersey (British Crown Dependency)
• 泽西岛Zé xī DǎoJersey Island (largest of the Channel Islands)
• 泽州县Zé zhōu XiànZezhou, a county in Jincheng City 晋城市
• 泽库县Zé kù XiànZêkog, a county in Huangnan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 黄南藏族自治州
• 泽普县Zé pǔ XiànPoskam, a county in Kashgar City 喀什市
• 泽布吕赫Zé bù lǚ hèZeebrugge (port city in Belgium)
• 泽泻zé xiècommon water plantain (Alisma plantago-aquatica); water plantain rhizome (used in TCM)
• 泽鹬zé yù(bird species of China) marsh sandpiper (Tringa stagnatilis)
• 泽州Zé zhōusee 泽州县
• 泽库Zé kùsee 泽库县
• 泽普Zé pǔsee 泽普县

Words containing 泽

• 沼泽zhǎo zémarsh; swamp; wetlands
• 毛泽东Máo Zé dōngMao Zedong (1893–1976), leader of the Chinese Communist Party 1935–1976
• 江泽民Jiāng Zé mínJiang Zemin (1926–2022), politician, president of PRC 1993–2003
• 光泽guāng zéluster; gloss
• 毛泽东思想Máo Zé dōng Sī xiǎngMao Zedong Thought
• 色泽sè zécolor and luster
• 李泽楷Lǐ Zé kǎiRichard Li (1966-), Hong Kong businessman and philanthropist
• 沼泽地zhǎo zé dìmarsh; swamp; everglade
• 润泽rùn zémoist
• 新泽西Xīn zé xīNew Jersey, US state
• 山泽shān zéthe countryside; wilderness areas
• 恩泽ēn zéfavor from an emperor or high official
• 津泽jīn zéfluids (esp. in plants); sap
• 白泽Bái ZéBai Ze or White Marsh, legendary creature of ancient China
• 福泽fú zégood fortune
• 任泽区Rén zé QūRenze, a district of Xingtai City 邢台市
• 张成泽Zhāng Chéng zéJang Song-taek (1946-2013), brother-in-law of Kim Jong-il 金正日
• 曾纪泽Zēng Jì zéCang Jize or Tseng Chi-tse (1839-1890), pioneer diplomat of late Qing, serve as imperial…
• 纽泽西Niǔ zé xīNew Jersey, USA (Tw)
• 丰泽区Fēng zé QūFengze, a district of Quanzhou City 泉州市
• 迎泽区Yíng zé QūYingze, a district of Taiyuan City 太原市
• 黑泽明Hēi zé MíngKurosawa Akira (1910-1998) Japanese movie director
• 科泽科德Kē zé kē déold Chinese name for Calicut, town on Arabian sea in Kerala, India; now called 卡利卡特
• 雨泽下注yǔ zé xià zhùrainfall

Characters built on 扌

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

• 择zéto select; to choose; to pick over
• 择zéto select; to choose; to pick over
• 撤chèto remove; to take away
• 折zhéto break; to fracture; to snap
• 摄shè(bound form) to take in; to absorb; to assimilate; to capture (video or still images)…
• 扯chěto pull; to tear; (of cloth, thread etc) to buy
• 搁gēto place; to put aside; to shelve
• 扼èto grip forcefully; to clutch at; to guard

Characters that look like 泽

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

• 法fǎlaw; method; way
• 择zéto select; to choose; to pick over
• 洽qiàaccord; to make contact; to agree
• 侮wǔto insult; to ridicule; to disgrace
• 骆luòcamel; white horse with a black mane (archaic)
• 驿yìpost horse; relay station

Sounds the same

Read zé, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 则(literary) (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but; then…
• 择to select; to choose; to pick over
• 责duty; responsibility; to reproach
• 咋(literary) to bite; to gnaw
• 啧(interj. of admiration or of disgust); to click one's tongue…
• 赜mysterious
• 迮haste; to press
• 笮board under tiles on roof; narrow
• 崱lofty
• 帻turban; head-covering
• 矠(old) spear
• 箦reed mat