插 chā

insert, stick into; plant

HSK 5 #1495

DEFINITIONS

插 chā
  • to insert
  • stick in
  • pierce
  • to take part in
  • to interfere
  • to interpose
  • old variant of 插[cha1]

STROKES

WORDS

插座 chā zuò
HSK 6
socket; outlet
插手 chā shǒu to get involved in; to meddle; interference
插入 chā rù to insert; to stick; to thrust
插嘴 chā zuǐ to interrupt (sb talking); to butt in; to cut into a conversation
插头 chā tóu plug
插曲 chā qǔ music played during a movie, play etc; incidental music; music played in a theatrical interlude; (fig.) incident; episode
插管 chā guǎn (medicine) to intubate; intubation; (endotracheal) tube
安插 ān chā to place in a certain position; to assign to a job; to plant; resettlement (old)
插图 chā tú illustration
插队 chā duì to cut in line; to jump a queue; to live on a rural community (during the Cultural Revolution)
插花 chā huā flower arranging; ikebana
插销 chā xiāo bolt (for locking a window, cabinet etc); (electrical) plug
插画 chā huà illustration
插话 chā huà to interrupt (sb speaking); interruption; digression
两肋插刀 liǎng lèi chā dāo lit. knifes piercing both sides (idiom); fig. to attach a great importance to friendship, up to the point of being able to sacrifice oneself for it
插足 chā zú to squeeze in; to step in; to take part; to step between (two persons in a relationship)
穿插 chuān chā to insert; to take turns, alternate; to interweave; to interlace; subplot; interlude; episode; (military) to thrust deep into the enemy forces
插科打诨 chā kē dǎ hùn to include impromptu comic material in opera performance (idiom); to jest; buffoonery
插秧 chā yāng to transplant rice seedlings
插翅难飞 chā chì nán fēi lit. even given wings, you couldn't fly (idiom); fig. impossible to escape
插口 chā kǒu socket (for an electric plug); to interrupt (sb speaking); to butt in
插孔 chā kǒng jack; socket
见缝插针 jiàn fèng chā zhēn lit. to see a gap and stick in a needle (idiom); fig. to make use of every second and every inch
不插电 bù chā diàn unplugged (of rock musicians performing on acoustic instruments)
不插電 bù chā diàn unplugged (of rock musicians performing on acoustic instruments)
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