zhe

aspect particle indicating action in progress

Character data

Radical ⾋ (140.8)
Strokes 11
SIMPLIFIED

Definitions

著 zhe
  1. 1. aspect particle indicating action in progress
著 zháo
  1. 1. (after a verb) hitting the mark
  2. 2. succeeding in
  3. 3. (coll.) to fall asleep
  4. 4. to come in contact with
  5. 5. to touch
  6. 6. to be affected by
  7. 7. to feel
  8. 8. to catch fire
  9. 9. to burn
著 zhù
  1. 1. to write
  2. 2. book
  3. 3. outstanding
  4. 4. to show
  5. 5. to prove
  6. 6. to make known
著 zhuó
  1. 1. to wear (clothes)
  2. 2. to apply
  3. 3. to use
  4. 4. to contact
著 zhāo
  1. 1. trick
  2. 2. (chess) move
  3. 3. all right!
  4. 4. (dialect) to add

Stroke order

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Words containing 著

Word Meaning
original work (not translation or abridged)
fig. you'll have to take the consequences
not content with what one already has
be greedy; want more while having some
having nothing better to do
(dialect) (implying sudden realization) so; after all
to co-author; to write jointly
masterpiece
sorption; be absorbed and held
whispering in sb's ear
to scowl miserably; sullen
(coll.) to blame sb for sth
to pout
the four great classic Chinese novels
aboriginal
indigenous person; aboriginal
to be strongly attached to; to cling to; to be dedicated
to be unable to reach
to reach; to be up to
plan for the big picture; start from details
miscalculation; unwise move
better a bad life than a good death (idiom)
to deduce the whole story from small traces
specialized text; monograph
specialized text; monograph