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HSK
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *扎* | 扎* | *扎
to prick / to run or stick (a needle etc) into / mug or jug used for serving beer (loanword from "jar")
HSK 6
to take root
HSK 7-9
Jalainur, a district of Hulunbuir City 呼倫貝爾市|呼伦贝尔市, Inner Mongolia
campstool / folding stool (with fabric stretched across the top to sit on)
to tie-dye
strong / solid / sturdy / firm / practical
HSK 6
(of people) to flock together; to congregate
to struggle
HSK 7-9
(Colonel Muammar) Gaddafi (1942-2011), de facto leader of Libya from 1969-2011
to wrap up / to pack / to bind up (a wound)
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *扎* | 扎* | *扎
to go steady and strike hard (in fighting) / fig. steadily and surely
Honoré de Balzac (1799-1850), French novelist, author of series La comédie humaine
Mark Zuckerberg (1984-), American computer programer, co-founder and CEO of Facebook
thick / dense
to bind / to wrap up / (computing) binding
to set up an encampment
to tie up / to bind up / (medicine) to ligate / (of a male) to have a vasectomy (ligation of the vasa deferentia) / (of a female) to have one's tubes tied (tubal ligation)
Abu Dhabi, capital of United Arab Emirates (UAE)
bazaar (loanword)
firm / solid / reliable / real / practical
pincushion
heartrending / deeply distressing
to prick / to puncture
to stop / Taiwan pr. [zha3 zhu4]
to station / to garrison (troops)
draft beer
to set up camp / Taiwan pr. [an1 ying2 zha2 zhai4]
Mt Kilimanjaro in Tanzania
Prozac (also marketed as Fluoxetine)
Nursultan Nazarbayev (1940-), president of Kazakhstan 1990-2019
(slang) to obtain money; to earn money
strong / sturdy / awesome
Jamal al-Din ibn Muhammad al-Najjari (13th century), famous Persian astronomer and scholar who served Khubilai Khan 忽必烈 from c. 1260
Zaire, former name of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
garish / dazzling / offensively conspicuous
(dialect) awesome / excellent
to give or have an acupuncture treatment
(coll.) one's adversary is very tough
Hamid Karzai (1957-), Afghan politician, president 2004-2014
Jianzha County in Huangnan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 黃南藏族自治州|黄南藏族自治州, Qinghai
Condoleezza Rice (1954-), US Secretary of State 2005-2009
to bundle up with rope (e.g. firewood) / to secure with rope (e.g. suitcases on the roof of a car) / to strap down
cable tie
to swim with head submerged
(loanword) mozzarella
deathbed struggle / final struggle (idiom)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *紮* | 紮* | *紮
(of troops) to be stationed (at) / Taiwan pr. [zha2]
HSK 6
Jalaid banner, Mongolian Zhalaid khoshuu, in Hinggan league 興安盟|兴安盟, east Inner Mongolia
Jarud banner or Jarud khoshuu in Tongliao 通遼|通辽, Inner Mongolia
Lake Urmia, northwest Iran, a major salt lake / formerly called lake Rezaiyeh
Taza (a city in northern Morocco)
Jianzha County in Huangnan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 黃南藏族自治州|黄南藏族自治州, Qinghai
Magyar / Hungarian
Zhalantun, a county-level city in Hulunbuir City 呼倫貝爾市|呼伦贝尔市, Inner Mongolia
Magyar (language) / Hungarian
Zagros mountains of southwest Iran
cable ties / zip ties
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), Austrian composer
Jarud banner or Jarud khoshuu in Tongliao 通遼|通辽, Inner Mongolia
Zagros mountains of southwest Iran
Jalaid or Zhalaid (name) / Jalaid banner, Mongolian Zhalaid khoshuu, in Hinggan league 興安盟|兴安盟, east Inner Mongolia
(onom.) crunch (of marching feet etc)
Asif Ali Zardari (1956-), Pakistani People's Party politician, widower of murdered Benazir Bhutto, president of Pakistan from 2008-2013
variant of 扎實|扎实
HSK 6
to camp / to pitch camp / stationed / quartered / Taiwan pr. [zha2 ying2]
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *紥* | 紥* | *紥
variant of 紮|扎
HSK 6
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *紮* | 紮* | *紮
to tie / to bind / classifier for flowers, banknotes etc: bundle / Taiwan pr. [zha2]
variant of 包紮|包扎
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *紥* | 紥* | *紥
variant of 紮|扎


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