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稚

zhì

HSK 6 Character

What 稚 means

1. infantile
2. young

Other readings

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

• zhìold variant of {稚|zhì}
• zhìvariant of {稚|zhì}

Example sentences

• 她说话幼稚。
  She talked childishly.
• 不要那幺幼稚。
  Don't be so childish.
• 萨米太幼稚了。
  Sami was so immature.
• 他的思维方式很幼稚。
  Tā de sīwéi fāngshì hěn yòuzhì.
  His way of thinking is very childish.
• 打消这种幼稚的念头吧。
  Dǎxiāo zhèzhǒng yòuzhì de niàntou ba.
  Get rid of those kinds of naive ideas.
• 蕾拉是萨米新的幼稚园老师。
  Lěilā shì Sàmǐ xīn de yòuzhìyuán lǎoshī.
  Layla is Sami's new kindergarten teacher.

Words starting with 稚

• 稚嫩zhì nènyoung and tender; puerile; soft and immature
• 稚气zhì qìchildish nature; infantile; juvenile
• 稚女zhì nǚlittle girl (of toddler age)
• 稚子zhì zǐyoung child
• 稚弱zhì ruòimmature and feeble
• 稚虫zhì chóng(entomology) naiad
• 稚气未脱zhì qì wèi tuōstill possessing the innocence of childhood (idiom)
• 稚拙zhì zhuōyoung and clumsy; childish and awkward

Words containing 稚

• 幼稚yòu zhìyoung; childish; puerile
• 幼稚园yòu zhì yuánkindergarten (Tw)
• 童稚tóng zhìchild; childish
• 甜稚tián zhìsweet and innocent

Characters built on 隹

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

• 集jíto gather; to collect; collected works
• 雌cífemale; Taiwan pr. cī
• 雉zhìringed pheasant
• 翟dílong-tail pheasant

Characters that look like 稚

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

• 雅yǎelegant
• 棉miángeneric term for cotton or kapok; cotton; padded or quilted with cotton
• 稀xīsparse; scattered; rare; uncommon; diluted; thin; watery
• 雌cífemale; Taiwan pr. cī
• 雏chú(bound form) chick; young bird
• 雉zhìringed pheasant

Sounds the same

Read zhì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 至to arrive; most; to
• 质character; nature; quality
• 志aspiration; ambition; the will
• 制system; to control; to regulate
• 治to rule; to govern; to manage
• 置to install; to place; to put
• 致(bound form) fine; delicate; exquisite
• 智(literary) wise; wisdom
• 秩(literary) salary according to rank; (literary) an official's rank; (literary) order…
• 滞(bound form) sluggish; stagnant
• 帜flag
• 挚sincere