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蟑

zhāng

Character

What 蟑 means

1. used in {蟑螂|zhāng láng}

Example sentences

• 吃蟑螂安全吗？
  Chī zhāngláng ānquán ma?
  Is it safe to eat cockroaches?
• 吃蟑螂不好吗？
  Is eating cockroaches a bad idea?
• 她只对鱼和蟑螂感兴趣。
  She's only interested in fish and cockroaches.
• 这毒药用来治蟑螂很有效。
  Zhè dúyào yònglái zhì zhāngláng hěn yǒuxiào.
  This poison is very effective in getting rid of roaches.
• 别把烟头往地上扔，要不然蟑螂会得癌症的。
  Don't throw cigarette butts on the ground. Cockroaches might get cancer.
• 我用100美元跟我的朋友赌他不会吃活蟑螂。我输了！
  Wǒ yòng 100 Měiyuán gēn wǒ de péngyou dǔ tā bù huì chī huó zhāngláng. wǒ shū le!
  I bet my friend $100 that he wouldn't eat a live cockroach. I lost!

Words starting with 蟑

• 蟑螂zhāng lángcockroach
• 蟑螂屋zhāng láng wūcockroach trap

Characters built on 章

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

• 障zhàngto block; to hinder; to obstruct
• 彰zhāngclear; conspicuous; manifest
• 樟zhāngcamphor; Cinnamonum camphara
• 漳ZhāngZhang river in Fujian
• 璋zhāngjade tablet used in ceremonies, shaped like the left or right half of a "gui" 圭
• 瘴zhàngmalaria; miasma
• 嶂zhàngcliff; range of peaks
• 獐zhāngriver deer; roebuck

Characters that look like 蟑

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

• 糟zāodregs; draff; pickled in wine
• 瞧qiáoto look at; to see; to see (a doctor)
• 蹄tíhoof; pig's trotters
• 蟀shuàiused in 蟋蟀
• 樽zūngoblet; bottle; wine-jar
• 蟆mátoad

Sounds the same

Read zhāng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 张to open up; to spread; sheet of paper
• 章chapter; section; clause
• 彰clear; conspicuous; manifest
• 璋jade tablet used in ceremonies, shaped like the left or right half of a "gui" 圭
• 樟camphor; Cinnamonum camphara
• 漳Zhang river in Fujian
• 獐river deer; roebuck
• 嫜husband's father
• 鄣place name
• 暲bright; to rise (of sun)
• 粻food; white cooked rice
• 𫠒octopus