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渍

zì

Character Traditional 漬

What 渍 means

1. to soak
2. to be stained
3. stain
4. floodwater

Example sentences

• 衣服沾上油渍怎幺清洗？
  How do you clean oil stains off clothes?
• 我把蔬菜在煎锅里糖渍。
  I candy the vegetables in the frying pan.
• 烤箱内如有液体洒出，应立即清理，以免留下顽固污渍。
  Clean up spills inside the oven as soon as they happen to avoid stubborn stains.

Words containing 渍

• 污渍wū zìstain
• 墨渍mò zìink stain; ink blot; spot
• 水渍shuǐ zìwater spot; water stain; wet spot
• 浸渍jìn zìto soak; to macerate
• 血渍xuè zìbloodstain
• 血渍斑斑xuè zì bān bānspattered in blood; covered in bloodstains
• 腌渍yān zìto pickle; cured; salted

Characters built on 责

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

• 绩jìto spin (hemp etc); merit; accomplishment
• 碛qì(bound form) moraine; rocks in shallow water

Characters that look like 渍

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

• 清qīng(of water etc) clear; clean; quiet; still; pure; uncorrupted
• 途túway; route; road
• 溃kuì(bound form) (of floodwaters) to break through a dam or dike…
• 淆xiáoconfused and disorderly; mixed; Taiwan pr. yáo
• 渎dúdisrespectful; (literary) ditch
• 湮yān(literary) to sink into oblivion; (literary) to silt up; Taiwan pr. yīn

Sounds the same

Read zì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 字letter; symbol; character
• 自(bound form) self; oneself; from; since; naturally; as a matter of course
• 恣to abandon restraint; to do as one pleases; comfortable (dialect)
• 眦(anatomy) corner of the eye; canthus
• 胔rotten meat; bones of dead animal
• 剚erect; stab
• 牸female of domestic animals
• 胾cut meat into pieces; diced meat
• 扻to strike; to run against; to throw, as a stone