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栽
zāi
to cultivate, to plant, to tend
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木 (tree) provides meaning, 戈 provides pronunciation
HSK 6
10 strokes
Common (24%)
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⿹戈木
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Words Using 栽 (16)
Character
Pinyin
Definition
HSK
栽培
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zāipéi
to grow / to cultivate / to train / to educate / to patronize
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zāipéi
栽培
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HSK 6
to grow / to cultivate / to train / to educate / to patronize
栽
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zāi
to grow / to plant / to insert / to force on sb / to fall head first
zāi
栽
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to grow / to plant / to insert / to force on sb / to fall head first
盆栽
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pénzāi
growing plants in pots / Japanese: bonsai
pénzāi
盆栽
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growing plants in pots / Japanese: bonsai
栽倒
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zāidǎo
to take a fall
zāidǎo
栽倒
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to take a fall
有意栽花花不发,无心插柳柳成阴
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yǒuyìzāihuāhuābùfā,wúxīnchāliǔliǔchéngyīn
lit. you plant a garden and the flowers do not bloom, you poke a stick in the mud and it grows into a tree / fig. things do not always turn out as one would expect / well-laid plans may fail, and success may come where you least expect it
yǒuyìzāihuāhuābùfā,wúxīnchāliǔliǔchéngyīn
有意栽花花不发,无心插柳柳成阴
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lit. you plant a garden and the flowers do not bloom, you poke a stick in the mud and it grows into a tree / fig. things do not always turn out as one would expect / well-laid plans may fail, and success may come where you least expect it
栽子
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zāizi
seedling / young plant
zāizi
栽子
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seedling / young plant
栽植
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zāizhí
to plant / to transplant
zāizhí
栽植
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to plant / to transplant
栽种
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zāizhòng
to plant / to grow
zāizhòng
栽种
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to plant / to grow
栽种机
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zāizhòngjī
a mechanical planter (for rice, plants)
zāizhòngjī
栽种机
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a mechanical planter (for rice, plants)
栽赃
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zāizāng
to frame sb (by planting sth on them)
zāizāng
栽赃
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to frame sb (by planting sth on them)