zhā = zh + a1
to prick / to run or stick (a needle etc) into / mug or jug used for serving beer (loanword from "jar")
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zhá = zh + a2
penetrating (as of cold) / struggle
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= z + a1
variant of 紮|扎[za1]
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zhā = zh + a1
variant of 紮|扎[zha1]
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= z + a1
to tie / to bind / classifier for flowers, banknotes etc: bundle / Taiwan pr. [zha2]
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zhā = zh + a1
(of troops) to be stationed (at) / Taiwan pr. [zha2]
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zhá = zh + a2
used in 挣扎[zheng1 zha2]
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How to pronounce 扎

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= z initial

Z is for Zorro.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago
+ a1 final

In front of the ashram.

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= zh initial

Zh is for James II of England (詹姆斯二世, zhān​mǔ​sī èr​shì).

By Matthias • updated 3 months ago
+ a1 final

In front of the ashram.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago
= zh initial

Zh is for James II of England (詹姆斯二世, zhān​mǔ​sī èr​shì).

By Matthias • updated 3 months ago
+ a2 final

In the ashram’s kitchen.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago

扎 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
= y + a4
component in Chinese characters / archaic variant of 毫[hao2] / archaic variant of 乙[yi3]
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shǒu = sh + ou3
"hand" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 64), occurring in 提, 把, 打 etc
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Characters with 扎 as component

zhā = zh + a1
variant of 紮|扎[zha1]
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= z + a1
variant of 紮|扎[za1]
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Words with 扎

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to camp / to pitch camp / stationed / quartered / Taiwan pr. [zha2 ying2]
deathbed struggle / final struggle (idiom)
to take root

Sentences with 扎

扎 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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zhā / zhá /

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