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窄

zhǎi

Old HSK 4 HSK 3.0 character level 5 Character

窄 (zhǎi) means "narrow". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 4 in the old six-level list.

What 窄 means

1. narrow
2. narrow-minded
3. badly off

Example sentences

• 到村庄有条窄路。
  There's narrow road to the village.
• 这个角度会过于狭窄。
  Zhège jiǎodù huì guòyú xiázhǎi.
  The angle would be too narrow.
• 这条路太窄，过不了车。
  This road is too narrow for cars to pass.
• 他在一条狭窄的道路上走。
  Tā zài yī tiáo xiázhǎi de dàolù shàng zǒu.
  The man is hiking on a narrow path.
• 这条路对汽车来说太窄了。
  Zhè tiáo lù duì qìchē lái shuō tài zhǎi le.
  The road is too narrow for cars.
• 这条路太窄汽车无法通行。
  Zhè tiáo lù tài zhǎi qìchē wúfǎ tōngxíng.
  The road is too narrow for cars.

Words starting with 窄

• 窄小zhǎi xiǎonarrow and small
• 窄缝zhǎi fèngnarrow gap; slit
• 窄巷zhǎi xiàngnarrow alley; narrow street
• 窄狭zhǎi xiásee 狭窄

Words containing 窄

• 狭窄xiá zhǎinarrow
• 宽窄kuān zhǎiwidth; breadth
• 尖窄jiān zhǎipointy; tapered
• 心窄xīn zhǎinarrow-minded; intolerant
• 宽打窄用kuān dǎ zhǎi yòngto give oneself leeway (idiom); to allow room for error
• 心胸狭窄xīn xiōng xiá zhǎi(idiom) narrow-minded; petty; ungenerous
• 冤家路窄yuān jiā lù zhǎilit. for enemies, the road is narrow (idiom); fig. rivals inevitably cross paths
• 二尖瓣狭窄èr jiān bàn xiá zhǎimitral stenosis (physiology)
• 地窄人稠dì zhǎi rén chóusee 地狭人稠

Characters that look like 窄

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

• 带dàiband; belt; girdle
• 帮bāngto help; to assist; to support
• 陪péito accompany; to keep sb company; to assist
• 宰zǎito slaughter; to butcher; to kill (animals etc); (colloquial) to fleece; to rip off…
• 犁líplow
• 隋Suíthe Sui dynasty (581–617 AD); surname Sui

Where 窄 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Appearance & physical state (HSK 4), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 4 word, with the rest of its level.
• How characters are built from components.
• How to learn Chinese characters.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read zhǎi correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.