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Words starting with Z

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杂zámixed; miscellaneous咱zánI or me; we (including both the speaker and the person spoken to)杂志zá zhìmagazine再zàiagain; once more; re-; second; another在zàiat; in; to be (located) at; (marks an action in progress)在家zài jiāto be at home; (at a workplace) to be in (as opposed to being away on official business 出差 (chūchāi))再见zài jiàngoodbye赞zànto patronize; to support咱们zán menwe or us (including both the speaker and the person(s) spoken to); (dialect) I or me脏zāngdirty; filthy早zǎoearly; morning澡zǎobath造zàoto make; to build早餐zǎo cānbreakfast早晨zǎo chénearly morning造成zào chéngto bring about; to create; to cause早饭zǎo fànbreakfast早就zǎo jiùalready at an earlier time早上zǎo shangearly morning早已zǎo yǐfor a long time; long since; (dialect) in the past则zé(literary) (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but; then; (bound form) standard; norm择zéto select; to choose责zéduty; responsibility责任zé rènresponsibility; blame怎zěnhow怎么zěn mehow?; what?怎么办zěn me bànwhat's to be done怎么样zěn me yànghow?; how about?怎样zěn yànghow; what kind增zēng(bound form) to increase; to augment; to add to增加zēng jiāto raise; to increase增长zēng zhǎngto grow; to increase展zhǎnto spread out; to open up占zhànto take possession of; to occupy站zhànstation; to stand展开zhǎn kāito unfold; to spread out; to open up; to launch; to carry out站住zhàn zhùto stand张zhāngto open up; to spread章zhāngchapter; section长大zhǎng dàto grow up找zhǎoto try to find; to look for照zhàoaccording to; in accordance with着zheaspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing state找出zhǎo chūto find; to search out找到zhǎo dàoto find照顾zhào guto take care of; to show consideration照片zhào piànphotograph; picture照相zhào xiàngto take a photograph者zhě(after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ...; (after a noun) person involved in ...这zhè(pronoun) this; these; (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun)这边zhè biānthis side; here这里zhè lǐhere这么zhè meso much; this much这儿zhè rhere这些zhè xiēthese这样zhè yàngthis kind of; so针zhēnneedle; pin真zhēnreally; truly真的zhēn dereally; truly; indeed; real; true; genuine真实zhēn shítrue; real