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铸

zhù

HSK 6 Character Traditional 鑄

What 铸 means

1. to cast or found metals

Example sentences

• 这个铝铸件需要重刷一遍.
  Zhège lǚ zhùjiàn xūyào zhòng shuā yībiàn.
  The aluminum castings must be brushed again.
• 皇后的后冠是用黄金铸成的。
  Huánghòu de hòu guān shì yòng huángjīn zhùchéng de.
  The Queen's crown was made of gold.

Words starting with 铸

• 铸造zhù zàoto cast (pour metal into a mold)
• 铸成zhù chéngto cast in metal; (fig.) to forge; to fashion
• 铸就zhù jiùto cast; to forge; to form
• 铸件zhù jiàna casting (i.e. sth cast in a mold)
• 铸工zhù gōngfoundry work; foundry worker
• 铸币zhù bìcoin; to mint (coins)
• 铸铜zhù tóngbronze casting
• 铸铁zhù tiěpig iron; foundry iron
• 铸工车间zhù gōng chē jiānfoundry (workshop or factory)
• 铸成大错zhù chéng dà cuòto make a serious mistake (idiom)
• 铸剑为犁zhù jiàn wéi lí(idiom) to beat swords into plowshares; to turn from war to peace

Words containing 铸

• 连铸lián zhùcontinuous casting (metallurgy)
• 冶铸yě zhùto smelt and cast
• 浇铸jiāo zhùto cast (molten metal); to mold
• 冀朝铸Jì Cháo zhùJi Chaozhu (1929-2020), Chinese diplomat

Characters that look like 铸

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

• 锡xītin (chemistry); to bestow; to confer
• 锈xiùto rust
• 锦jǐnbrocade; embroidered work; bright
• 锌xīnzinc (chemistry)
• 鹌ānused in 鹌鹑
• 铧huáplowshare; spade

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
• 贮to store; to save; stockpile
• 蛀termite; to bore (of insects)
• 箸(literary) chopsticks
• 伫to stand for a long time; to wait; to look forward to