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| Pronunciation |
: |
zháo |
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| Meaning |
: |
- touch. (v)
- be affected by. (v)
- be lit. (v)
- fall asleep. (v)
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| Radical |
: |
目 |
| Strokes |
: |
11 |
| Traditional |
: |
著 ( Stroke Order ) |
| Usage |
: |
72.2% |
| Notes |
: |
also as zhe, zhuó, zhāo |
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Common Words / Phrases:
| 1. |
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|
: |
catch fire; be on fire |
Sentences:
| 1. Be careful not to get cold. |
| xiǎo |
xīn |
zháo |
liáng |
。 |
| 小 |
心 |
着 |
凉 |
。 |
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| 小心 |
: |
be careful |
| 着凉 |
: |
get cold |
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| 2. Don’t worry, you’ll be fine after a few days’ rest. |
| bié |
zháo |
jí |
， |
xiū |
xi |
jǐ |
tiān |
jiù |
hǎo |
le |
。 |
| 别 |
着 |
急 |
， |
休 |
息 |
几 |
天 |
就 |
好 |
了 |
。 |
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| 别 |
: |
don’t |
| 着急 |
: |
worry; feel anxious |
| 休息 |
: |
rest |
| 几 |
: |
few |
| 天 |
: |
days |
| 就 |
: |
then |
| 好 |
: |
fine |
| 了 |
: |
(particle) used for an anticipated or presupposed action |
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| 3. When he’s talking he never sticks to the point. |
| tā |
shuō |
huà |
zǒng |
shì |
bù |
zhuó |
biān |
jì |
。 |
| 他 |
说 |
话 |
总 |
是 |
不 |
着 |
边 |
际 |
。 |
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| 他 |
: |
he |
| 说话 |
: |
talk |
| 总是 |
: |
always |
| 不着边际 |
: |
not to the point; irrelevant |
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| 4. He was too tired and fell asleep the moment he closed his eyes. |
| tā |
tài |
lèi |
le |
， |
yì |
hé |
yǎn |
jiù |
shuì |
zháo |
le |
。 |
| 他 |
太 |
累 |
了 |
， |
一 |
合 |
眼 |
就 |
睡 |
着 |
了 |
。 |
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| 他 |
: |
he |
| 太 |
: |
too |
| 累 |
: |
tired |
| 了 |
: |
(particle) used after an action that has taken place |
| 一 |
: |
used before a verb or a verbal measure to indicate an action to be followed by a result |
| 合眼 |
: |
to close one’s eyes; used to refer to sleeping. |
| 就 |
: |
already |
| 睡着 |
: |
fall asleep |
| 了 |
: |
(particle) used after an action that has taken place |
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| 5. We set the logs ablaze. |
| wǒ |
men |
bǎ |
zhè |
xiē |
mù |
tóu |
diǎn |
zháo |
le |
。 |
| 我 |
们 |
把 |
这 |
些 |
木 |
头 |
点 |
着 |
了 |
。 |
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| 我们 |
: |
we |
| 把 |
: |
used to shift the object to before the verb, which must be accompanied by some other expression. |
| 这些 |
: |
these |
| 木头 |
: |
logs |
| 点着 |
: |
light; light up |
| 了 |
: |
(particle) used after an action that has taken place |
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