斟 zhēn

1. zhēn verb to pour
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Especially, to pour wine into a cup, as in 斟酒 (Guoyu '斟' v 1; Kroll 2015 '斟' 1, p. 598; Mathews 1931 '斟', p. 39; Unihan '斟')
2. zhēn verb to gauge
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '斟' v 3; Kroll 2015 '斟' 2, p. 598; Unihan '斟')
3. zhēn verb to arrange
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Mathews 1931 '斟', p. 39)
4. zhēn noun a broth
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '斟' n; Kroll 2015 '斟' 3, p. 598)
5. zhēn verb to drip
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 滴 (Guoyu '斟' v 2)
6. zhēn proper noun Zhen
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
   Notes: (Guoyu '斟')

Contained in

• 斟酒 to pour wine or liquor
• 浅斟低酌(淺斟低酌) to pour tea or wine and chant in a low voice
• 斟茶 to pour tea
• 斟满(斟滿) to pour to the brim
• 浅斟低讴(淺斟低謳) to pour tea or wine and chant in a low voice
• 浅斟低唱(淺斟低唱) to pour tea and wine, chanting in a low voice
• 斟酌字句 to measure one's words
• 斟酌决定权(斟酌決定權) discretionary power
• 字斟句酌 weighing every word
• 斟酌 to consider; to deliberate ; to fill with wine or liquid

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• 第二回 Chapter 54 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 17
• 第二回 Chapter 38 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 7
• 第二回 Chapter 41 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 7
• 第三十回 Chapter 30 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 6
• 卷六十二 志第三十八 樂二 Volume 62 Treatises 38: Music 2 History of Ming 明史 — count: 6
• 第八十二回 Chapter 82 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 5
• 第二回 Chapter 2 The Scholars 儒林外史 — count: 5
• 第二回 Chapter 63 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 4
• 夏紀 Records of the Xia Bamboo Annals 竹書紀年 — count: 4
• 卷二十九　燕一 Chapter 29: Yan I Stratagems of the Warring States 戰國策 — count: 4

Collocations

• 斟上 (斟上) 再斟上 — Journey to the West 西遊記, 第三十回 Chapter 30 — count: 20
• 羊斟 (羊斟) 其御羊斟不與 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 宣公 Lord Xuan — count: 15
• 斟一 (斟一) 斟一盞酒 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第三十三回 Chapter 33 — count: 15
• 满斟 (滿斟) 滿斟佳釀進操曰 — Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義, 第六十八回 Chapter 68 — count: 10
• 斟寻 (斟尋) 滅斟灌及斟尋氏 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 9
• 斟曰 (斟曰) 羊斟曰 — Wenxuan 文選, 卷十五 Scroll 15 — count: 9
• 斟量 (斟量) 佞臣一二人願斟量廢出 — Book of Northern Qi 北齊書, 卷二　　補帝紀第二　神武帝下 Volume 2 Annals 2: Emperor Shenwu 2 — count: 8
• 斟灌 (斟灌) 滅斟灌及斟尋氏 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 6
• 来斟 (來斟) 把酒來斟 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第二十四回 Chapter 24 — count: 5
• 斟起 (斟起) 羅剎復接杯斟起 — Journey to the West 西遊記, 第六十回 Chapter 60 — count: 5