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渣

zhā

HSK 6 Character

What 渣 means

1. slag (in mining or smelting)
2. dregs

Words starting with 渣

• 渣滓zhā zǐresidue; dregs; disreputable people
• 渣子zhā zidregs; bits; dregs (of society)
• 渣男zhā nán(colloquial) jerk; scumbag (esp. in romantic relationships)
• 渣打银行Zhā dǎ Yín hángStandard Chartered Bank

Words containing 渣

• 豆腐渣dòu fu zhāokara (i.e. soy pulp, a by-product of making soymilk or tofu)
• 残渣cán zhāremainder; filtered out residue; sediment
• 人渣rén zhādregs of society; scum
• 学渣xué zhā(colloquial) unenthusiastic, mediocre student; underachiever
• 废渣fèi zhāindustrial waste product; slag
• 油渣yóu zhācrisp residue left after rendering animal fat; (esp.) pork cracklings
• 煤渣méi zhāslack
• 熔渣róng zhāslag (smelting)
• 炉渣lú zhāfurnace slag; ashes from a stove
• 石渣shí zhāgravel
• 矿渣kuàng zhāslag (mining)
• 药渣yào zhādregs of a decoction
• 豆渣dòu zhāokara (i.e. soy pulp, a by-product of making soymilk or tofu)
• 酒渣鼻jiǔ zhā bírosacea (dermatological condition of the face and nose); brandy nose
• 体育渣tǐ yù zhāunathletic person
• 面包渣miàn bāo zhābreadcrumbs
• 土得掉渣tǔ de diào zhā(colloquial) rustic; uncouth
• 残渣余孽cán zhā yú nièevil elements who have escaped eradication
• 豆渣脑筋dòu zhā nǎo jīnidiot; porridge head
• 豆腐渣工程dòu fu zhā gōng chéngjerry-built building project; lit. built on soybean dregs
• 蔗渣zhè zhābagasse (sugar cane waste)
• 甘蔗渣gān zhe zhābagasse
• 胡渣hú zhāsee 胡碴

Characters built on 查

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

• 喳chāused in 喳喳
• 碴cháfault; glass fragment; quarrel
• 楂cháfell trees; raft; to hew
• 揸zhāto stretch fingers out
• 猹cháBadger-like wild animal

Characters that look like 渣

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

• 渡dùto cross; to pass through; to ferry
• 滥lànoverflowing; excessive; indiscriminate
• 绪xùbeginnings; clues; mental state
• 凑còuto gather together, pool or collect; to happen by chance; to move close to
• 淩língvariant of 凌
• 逵kuícrossroads; thoroughfare

Sounds the same

Read zhā, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 扎to prick; to run or stick (a needle etc) into; mug or jug used for serving beer…
• 咋used in 咋呼; Taiwan pr. zé
• 喳(onomatopoeia) chirp, twitter, etc
• 楂Chinese hawthorn
• 揸to stretch fingers out
• 吒used for the sound "zha" in the names of certain legendary figures…
• 劄to prick with a needle
• 哳used in 嘲哳; Taiwan pr. zhá
• 齇rosacea
• 柤(hawthorn); Chaenomeles japonica
• 挓to open out; to expand
• 查surname Zha