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着

zhāo · zhao/zháo · zhao/zhe/zhuó · zhuo

Traditional 著

HSK 1Old HSK 2

Meaning

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zhāo 著

  1. (chess) move
  2. trick
  3. all right!
  4. (dialect) to add

zháo 著

  1. to touch
  2. to come in contact with
  3. to feel
  4. to be affected by
  5. to catch fire
  6. to burn
  7. (coll.) to fall asleep
  8. (after a verb) hitting the mark
  9. succeeding in

zhe 著

  1. aspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing state

zhuó 著

  1. to wear (clothes)
  2. to contact
  3. to use
  4. to apply
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In a conversation

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Lost in the hutong

  1. Liangliang

    你(nǐ)手里(shǒulǐ)拿着(názhe)什么(shénme)？

    What are you holding?

  2. Dengdeng

    一张(yīzhāng)地图(dìtú)，我(wǒ)找(zhǎo)不(bù)着(zháo)路(lù)了(le)。

    A map. I can't find the way.

  3. Liangliang

    你(nǐ)拿(ná)反(fǎn)了(le)。

    You're holding it upside down.

  4. Dengdeng

    怪不得(guàibude)我(wǒ)一直(yīzhí)找(zhǎo)不(bù)着(zháo)！

    No wonder I couldn't find it!

  5. Liangliang

    你(nǐ)看(kàn)，你(nǐ)后面(hòumian)不是(bùshì)你家(nǐjiā)吗(ma)？门(mén)还(hái)开着(kāizhe)呢(ne)！

    Look, isn't your home right behind you? The door is even open!

  6. Dengdeng

    原来(yuánlái)我(wǒ)就(jiù)站(zhàn)在(zài)自己(zìjǐ)家(jiā)门口(ménkǒu)。

    So I'm standing right at my own doorway.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

他(tā)坐(zuò)在(zài)椅(yǐ)子(zi)上(shang)看(kàn)着(zhe)窗(chuāng)外(wài)。

He is sitting on a chair looking out the window.

02

别(bié)着(zháo)急(jí)，我(wǒ)们(men)还(hái)有(yǒu)时(shí)间(jiān)。

Don't worry, we still have time.

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