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着
著
zhe
1.
aspect particle indicating action in progress
HSK 2
Very Common • Top 0%
Character Breakdown (Single character)
Compound Words (20)
来着
láizhe
auxiliary showing sth happened in the past
依着
yīzhe
in accordance with
光着
guāngzhe
bare
冒着
màozhe
to brave
合着
hézhe
(dialect) (implying sudden realization) so
嗔着
chēnzhe
(coll.) to blame sb for sth
就着
jiùzhe
to be next to (colloquial)
循着
xúnzhe
to follow
忙着
mángzhe
to be occupied with (doing sth)
急着
jízhe
urgently
悠着
yōuzhe
to take it easy
挨着
āizhe
near
接着
jiēzhe
to catch and hold on
有着
yǒuzhe
to have
朝着
cháozhe
facing
本着
běnzhe
based on...
正着
zhèngzháo
head on
沿着
yánzhe
to go along
活着
huózhe
alive
浮着
fúzhe
afloat
Example Sentences (10)
地球上大约71%的地方是蓝色的海洋，在美丽的海底世界里，生活着各种各样的植物和动物。
Dìqiú shàng dàyuē bǎi fēn zhī qīshíyī de dìfāng shì lánsè de hǎiyáng, zài měilì de hǎidǐ shìjiè lǐ, shēnghuó zhe gè zhǒng gè yàng de zhíwù hé dòngwù.
About 71% of the Earth is the blue ocean. In the beautiful underwater world, all kinds of plants and animals live.
Text 5
你吃过水果饭吗？你在饭馆的菜单上见过水果饭吗？你想学着做水果饭吗？
Nǐ chī guo shuǐguǒ fàn ma? Nǐ zài fànguǎn de càidān shàng jiàn guo shuǐguǒ fàn ma? Nǐ xiǎng xué zhe zuò shuǐguǒ fàn ma?
Have you eaten fruit rice? Have you seen fruit rice on a restaurant menu? Do you want to learn to make fruit rice?
Text 4
我昨天晚上做了一个特别奇怪的梦，梦到自己正在一座桥上走，走着走着，突然开过来一辆车，非常危险，接着又梦见我跳到车上，跟警察一起抓住了一个坏人。
Wǒ zuótiān wǎnshang zuò le yī gè tèbié qíguài de mèng, mèngdào zìjǐ zhèngzài yī zuò qiáo shàng zǒu, zǒuzhe zǒuzhe, tūrán kāi guòlái yī liàng chē, fēicháng wēixiǎn, jiēzhe yòu mèngjiàn wǒ tiào dào chē shàng, gēn jǐngchá yīqǐ zhuāzhù le yī gè huàirén.
Last night I had a very strange dream: I dreamed I was walking on a bridge, and as I was walking, a car suddenly drove over, which was very dangerous. Then I dreamed I jumped onto the car and, together with the police, caught a bad guy.
Text 3
我昨天晚上做了一个特别奇怪的梦，梦到自己正在一座桥上走，走着走着，突然开过来一辆车，非常危险，接着又梦见我跳到车上，跟警察一起抓住了一个坏人。
Wǒ zuótiān wǎnshang zuò le yī gè tèbié qíguài de mèng, mèngdào zìjǐ zhèngzài yī zuò qiáo shàng zǒu, zǒuzhe zǒuzhe, tūrán kāi guòlái yī liàng chē, fēicháng wēixiǎn, jiēzhe yòu mèngjiàn wǒ tiào dào chē shàng, gēn jǐngchá yīqǐ zhuāzhù le yī gè huàirén.
Last night I had a very strange dream: I dreamed I was walking on a bridge, and as I was walking, a car suddenly drove over, which was very dangerous. Then I dreamed I jumped onto the car and, together with the police, caught a bad guy.
Text 3
桌子上放着很多饮料，你喝什么？
Zhuōzi shàng fàngzhe hěn duō yǐnliào, nǐ hē shénme?
There are many drinks on the table. What do you want to drink?
Text 4
那个拿着碗吃饭的人是你哥哥吗？他和你长得真像。
Nà ge ná zhe wǎn chī fàn de rén shì nǐ gē ge ma? Tā hé nǐ zhǎng de zhēn xiàng.
Is the person eating from a bowl your older brother? He really looks like you.
Text 3
西瓜吧。你看，这上面写着“西瓜不甜不要钱”。
Xīguā ba. Nǐ kàn, zhè shàngmiàn xiězhe "xīguā bù tián bú yào qián".
How about watermelon? Look, it says here "If the watermelon isn't sweet, you don't have to pay".
Text 3
就是我们班那个长着两个大眼睛，非常爱笑的女孩儿。
Jiù shì wǒmen bān nà gè zhǎngzhe liǎng gè dà yǎnjing, fēicháng àixiào de nǚháir.
It's that girl in our class with two big eyes who really loves to smile.
Text 3
每年三四月份的时候，如果从北方坐火车到南方去旅游，一路上你会发现，不同的地方有不同的风景：窗外的树一棵一棵地变绿，北方也许还下着雪，南方却已经到处都是绿色了。
Měinián sānsì yuèfèn de shíhòu, rúguǒ cóng běifāng zuò huǒchē dào nánfāng qù lǚyóu, yílùshàng nǐ huì fāxiàn, bùtóng de dìfāng yǒu bùtóng de fēngjǐng: chuāngwài de shù yìkē yìkē de biànlǜ, běifāng yěxǔ hái xià zhe xuě, nánfāng què yǐjīng dàochù dōu shì lǜsè le.
Around March or April each year, if you take a train from the north to the south to travel, along the way you will find that different places have different scenery: the trees outside the window turn green one by one, it may still be snowing in the north, but in the south it is already green everywhere.
Text 4
是啊，小城四季的风景都很美，而且环境保护得也很好，因此每年都吸引着成千上万的游客去那儿旅游。
Shì a, xiǎochéng sìjì de fēngjǐng dōu hěn měi, érqiě huánjìng bǎohù de yě hěn hǎo, yīncǐ měinián dōu xīyǐn zhe chéngqiān shàngwàn de yóukè qù nàr lǚyóu.
Yes, the small city's scenery is beautiful in all four seasons, and the environment is also well protected, so every year it attracts tens of thousands of tourists to travel there.
Text 3
Alternate Entries
着
zhāo
(chess) move / trick / all right! / (dialect) to add
HSK 2
着
zháo
to touch / to come in contact with / to feel / to be affected by / to catch fire / to burn / (coll.) to fall asleep / (after a verb) hitting the mark / succeeding in
HSK 2
着
zhuó
to wear (clothes) / to contact / to use / to apply
HSK 2
Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- HSK Character Level
- 2
- Character Frequency Rank
- 40
- Word Frequency Rank
- 64 of 84,292