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蛀

zhù

Character

What 蛀 means

1. termite
2. to bore (of insects)

Example sentences

• 我蛀牙很多。
  I have a lot of bad teeth.
• 我把蛀牙拔掉了。
  Wǒ bǎ zhùyá bádiào le.
  I got my decayed tooth pulled out.
• 根据牙医，蛀牙并不总是甜食所引起的。
  Gēnjù yáyī, zhùyá bìngbù zǒngshì tiánshí suǒ yǐnqǐ de.
  According to dentists, decayed teeth are not always caused by sweets.

Words starting with 蛀

• 蛀虫zhù chónginsect that eats into wood, books, clothes etc; fig. vermin
• 蛀牙zhù yátooth decay; dental caries; decayed tooth; rotten tooth
• 蛀蚀zhù shíto corrupt; to erode

Words containing 蛀

• 虫蛀chóng zhùdamaged by moths or worms
• 蠹蛀dù zhùto be moth-eaten; to be worm-eaten

Characters built on 主

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

• 注zhù(bound form) to pour into; to flow into; to inject…
• 住zhùto live; to reside; to stay; to stop; to cease…
• 驻zhùto halt; to stay; to be stationed (of troops, diplomats etc)
• 柱zhùpillar
• 拄zhǔto lean on; to prop on
• 炷zhùwick of an oil lamp; to burn (incense etc); classifier for lit incense sticks
• 麈zhǔleader of herd; stag

Characters that look like 蛀

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

• 缺quēdeficiency; lack; scarce
• 桩zhuāngstump; stake; pile; classifier for events, cases, transactions, affairs etc
• 蛙wāfrog
• 敝bìmy (polite); poor; ruined
• 蚯qiūused in 蚯蚓
• 蛟jiāoa legendary dragon with the ability to control rain and floods; see also 蛟龙

Sounds the same

Read zhù, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 住to live; to reside; to stay; to stop; to cease…
• 助to help; to assist
• 注(bound form) to pour into; to flow into; to inject…
• 祝to pray for; to wish (sb bon voyage, happy birthday etc)…
• 著to make known; to show; to prove
• 筑five-string lute; Taiwan pr. zhú
• 驻to halt; to stay; to be stationed (of troops, diplomats etc)
• 柱pillar
• 铸to cast or found metals
• 贮to store; to save; stockpile
• 箸(literary) chopsticks
• 伫to stand for a long time; to wait; to look forward to