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栽
zāi
1. to grow
2. to plant
3. to insert
4. to force on sb
5. to fall head first
Common • Top 8% ✏️ 10 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

栽
zāi
to cultivate, to plant, to tend
HSK 6 10 丶

Compound Words (15)

认栽
rènzāi
to admit defeat
栽倒
zāidǎo
to take a fall
栽培
zāipéi
to grow
HSK 6
栽子
zāizi
seedling
栽植
zāizhí
to plant
栽种
zāizhòng
to plant
栽赃
zāizāng
to frame sb (by planting sth on them)
盆栽
pénzāi
growing plants in pots
栽种机
zāizhòngjī
a mechanical planter (for rice, plants)
倒栽葱
dàozāicōng
to fall headlong
栽跟头
zāigēntou
to fall head over heels
一头栽进
yītóuzāijìn
to plunge into
多栽花少栽刺
duōzāihuāshǎozāicì
talk nicely and avoid disputes
前人栽树,后人乘凉
qiánrénzāishù,hòurénchéngliáng
to enjoy the benefits of the hard work of one's predecessors. (idiom)
有意栽花花不发,无心插柳柳成阴
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

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
6
Character Frequency Rank
2,400
Word Frequency Rank
6,622 of 84,292

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