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置

zhì

HSK 5 Character

What 置 means

1. to install
2. to place
3. to put
4. to buy

Example sentences

• 无庸置疑！
  Without a doubt!
• 难以置信!
  Unbelievable!
• 难以置信！
  Unbelievable!
• 毋庸置疑。
  No doubt.
• 不予置评。
  No comment.
• 请保留我的位置
  Qǐng bǎoliú wǒ de wèizhi
  Please save my place.

Words starting with 置

• 置身zhì shēnto place oneself; to be (in a place or situation)
• 置于zhì yúto place in; to put in (a position)
• 置业zhì yèto buy real estate
• 置换zhì huànto permute; permutation (math.); to displace
• 置之不理zhì zhī bù lǐto pay no heed to (idiom); to ignore; to brush aside
• 置信zhì xìnto believe (what sb claims) (usually used in the negative)…
• 置疑zhì yíto doubt
• 置办zhì bànto purchase; to buy
• 置入zhì rùto insert; to implant; to embed
• 置放zhì fàngto put; to place
• 置气zhì qìto get angry; to take offense
• 置评zhì píngcomment; statement
• 置信限zhì xìn xiànconfidence limit (math.)
• 置之不问zhì zhī bù wènto pass by without showing interest (idiom)
• 置之度外zhì zhī dù wàito give no thought to; to have no regard for; to disregard
• 置信系数zhì xìn xì shùconfidence coefficient (math.)
• 置信区间zhì xìn qū jiān(statistics) confidence interval
• 置信水平zhì xìn shuǐ píngconfidence level (math.)
• 置身事外zhì shēn shì wài(idiom) not to get involved; to stay out of it
• 置入性行销zhì rù xìng xíng xiāoproduct placement
• 置景zhì jǐng(cinema, theater) to dress the set
• 置买zhì mǎito purchase; to buy (usu. real estate)
• 置之脑后zhì zhī nǎo hòuto banish from one's thoughts; to ignore; to take no notice
• 置换群zhì huàn qún(math) permutation group

Words containing 置

• 位置wèi zhiposition; place; seat
• 设置shè zhìto set up; to install
• 布置bù zhìto arrange; to set up; to lay out; to assign (tasks, homework etc)
• 安置ān zhìto find a place for; to help settle down; to arrange for
• 处置chǔ zhìto handle; to take care of; to punish
• 配置pèi zhìto deploy; to allocate; configuration
• 装置zhuāng zhìto install; installation; equipment
• 放置fàng zhìto put
• 难以置信nán yǐ zhì xìn(idiom) hard to believe; incredible
• 购置gòu zhìto purchase
• 内置nèi zhìbuilt-in; internal
• 闲置xián zhìto leave sth unused; to lie idle
• 搁置gē zhìto shelve; to set aside
• 添置tiān zhìto buy; to acquire; to add to one's possessions
• 不置可否bù zhì kě fǒudecline to comment; not express an opinion; be noncommittal
• 不容置疑bù róng zhì yíunquestionable
• 空置kōng zhìto set sth aside; to let sth lie idle; idle
• 前置qián zhìto place before; frontal; leading; pre-
• 推心置腹tuī xīn zhì fùto give one's bare heart into sb else's keeping (idiom)…
• 倒置dào zhìto invert
• 本末倒置běn mò dào zhìlit. to invert root and branch (idiom); fig. confusing cause and effect…
• 一笑置之yī xiào zhì zhīto dismiss with a laugh; to make light of
• 留置liú zhìto leave in place; to set aside (for further use); to retain…
• 外置wài zhìexternal (i.e. not built-in 内置

Characters built on 直

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

• 值zhívalue; (to be) worth; to happen to
• 殖zhíto grow; to reproduce
• 植zhíto plant
• 埴zhísoil with large clay content
• 稙zhíearly-planted crop

Characters that look like 置

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

• 赏shǎngto bestow (a reward); to give (to an inferior); to hand down
• 蓄xùto store up; to grow (e.g. a beard); to entertain (ideas)
• 蔓màncreeper; to spread
• 熏xūnto smoke; to fumigate; to assail the nostrils
• 萱xuānorange day-lily (Hemerocallis flava)
• 筐kuāngbasket

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
• 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
• 掷to toss; to throw dice; Taiwan pr. zhí