着 (著) zhe
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zhe
particle
indicates that an action is continuing
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words , Concept: Aspectual Particle 动态助词
Notes: In this sense 着 is an aspectual particle 动态助词 attached after a verb or adjective to indicate that an action is continuing. For example, 我不能这么闲着! 'I cannot relax like this!' (Lao She, 2003, p. 216) 着 is the 15th most frequently used word in the Beijing Language Institute's 1985 frequency wordlist (Guoyu '着' zhe particle 1; Ho 2002, '着' 1; NCCED '着' zhe 1; Li Shaoqi, 2003, '着' zhe 1). -
zháo
verb
to catch; to receive; to suffer; to touch; to contact
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In the sense of 接触 (Guoyu '著' zháo v 2; Kroll 2015 '著' zháo 2, p. 620; NCCED '着' zháo 2-3) -
zhù
adjective
outstanding
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (NCCED '著' 1) -
zhuó
verb
to contact; to use; to apply; to attach to
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In the sense of 附 (Guoyu '着' zhuó v 2; Kroll 2015 '著' zhuó 1, p. 620; NCCED '着' zhuó 1; Unihan '著') -
zhuó
verb
to wear (clothes)
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: For example, 下面着条青裤子 '[She] was wearing green pants.' (Lao She, 2003, p. 306; Guoyu '着' zhuó v 1; Kroll 2015 '著' zhuó 2, p. 620; NCCED '着' zhuó 4) -
zhe
auxiliary verb
expresses a command
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
Notes: Used at the end of an imperative sentence (Guoyu '着' zhe particle 4; NCCED '着' zhe 4) -
zháo
verb
to attach; to grasp
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (NCCED '着' zháo 1; Unihan '著') -
zhe
particle
indicates an accompanying action
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words , Concept: Aspectual Particle 动态助词
Notes: In this sense 着 is placed between two verbs to indicate an accompanying action (NCCED '着' zhe 2; Li Shaoqi, 2003, '着' zhe 2). For example, 两个孩子抱着妈妈哭起来 'The two children held their mother and started to cry.' (Lao She, 2003, p. 242) The particle 着 is placed between the two verbs 抱 'hold' and 哭 'cry.' -
zhāo
verb
to add; to put
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In the sense of 放置 (Guoyu '着' zhāo v 1; NCCED '着' zhāo 1) -
zhuó
noun
a chess move
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: For example, 棋高一着 'to be a [chess] move ahead' (Guoyu '着' zhuó n 1; NCCED '着' zhāo 2) -
zhāo
noun
a trick; a move; a method
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In the sense of 方法 (Guoyu '着' zhāo n 1; NCCED '着' zhāo 3) -
zhāo
verb
OK
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (Guoyu '着' zhāo adv; NCCED '着' zhāo 4) -
zháo
verb
to fall into [a trap]
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In the sense of 陷入 or 中计 (Guoyu '着' zháo v 3) -
zháo
verb
to ignite
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '著' zháo 1, p. 620; NCCED '着' zháo 4) -
zháo
verb
to fall asleep
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (NCCED '着' zháo 5) -
zhuó
noun
whereabouts; end result
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (Guoyu '着' zhuó n 3; NCCED '着' zhuó 3) -
zhù
verb
to appear; to manifest
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 显露 or 表現 (Guoyu '著' zhù v 1; Kroll 2015 '著' zhù 1, p. 620; Unihan '著') -
zhù
verb
to show
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (NCCED '著' 2) -
zhù
verb
to indicate; to be distinguished by
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 标示 (Guoyu '著' zhù v 2; Kroll 2015 '著' zhù 1a, p. 620) -
zhù
verb
to write
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 撰述 or 写作 (Guoyu '著' zhù v 3; Kroll 2015 '著' zhù 2, p. 620) -
zhù
verb
to record
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 记载 (Guoyu '著' zhù v 4; Kroll 2015 '著' zhù 2a, p. 620) -
zhù
noun
a document; writings
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 文章 (Guoyu '著' zhù n 1) -
zhù
proper noun
Zhu
Domain: Literature 文学 , Subdomain: China
Notes: A section of the 诗经 ”Book of Songs” (Guoyu '著' zhù n 1) -
zháo
verb
expresses that a continuing process has a result
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: For example, 睡着 'fall asleep' (Guoyu '著' zháo v 1; Kroll 2015 '著' zháo 3, p. 620) -
zháo
adverb
as it turns out; coincidentally
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In the sense of 恰好 (Guoyu '着' zháo adv) -
zhuó
verb
to arrive
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 及 or 到; for example, 着陆 'to land' (Guoyu '着' zhuó v 3) -
zhuó
verb
to result in
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 结果 (Guoyu '着' zhuó v 4) -
zhuó
verb
to command
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 命令 (Guoyu '着' zhuó v 5) -
zhuó
noun
a strategy
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 计策; for example, 失着 'miscalculation' (Guoyu '着' zhuó n 2) -
zhāo
verb
to happen; to occur
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 发生 (Guoyu '着' zhāo v 3) -
zhù
noun
space between main doorwary and a screen
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: As a variant of traditional 宁 (Kroll 2015 '著' zhù, p. 620) -
zhuó
noun
somebody attached to a place; a local
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '著' zhuó 1a, p. 620)
Contained in
- 着落(著落) whereabouts; a reliable source
- 蹑着脚(躡著腳) to tiptoe
- 穿着(穿著) to wear ; attire; clothes; dress
- 一着不慎,满盘皆输(一著不慎,滿盤皆輸) One careless move and the whole game is lost.
- 前不着村,后不着店(前不著村,後不著店) no village ahead and no inn behind; to be stranded in the middle of nowhere
- 着忙(著忙) to rush; in a hurry; to worry about being late
- 硬着头皮(硬著頭皮) to brace oneself to do something; to put a bold face on it; to summon up courage; to force oneself to
- 够不着(夠不著) to be unable to reach
- 由着(由著) let (one) have his way; as (one) pleases; at (one's) will
- 找不着 cannot find ; to be unable to find
- 着慌(著慌) to be alarmed; to panick
- 碍不着(礙不着) does not block
- 向着(向著) towards
- 瞧着办(瞧著辦) to do as one sees fit; It's up to you.; Let's wait and see and then decide what to do.
- 附着(附著) to adhere
- 着手成春(著手成春) set out and it becomes spring; to effect a miracle cure (of medical operation); to bring back the dead
- 着风(著風) to catch a breeze
- 胶着(膠著) to stick to ; at a stalemate
- 觑着眼(覷著眼) to narrow one's eyes and gaze at something with great attention
- 管不着(管不著) to have no right or ability to interfere in something; it's none of your business!
- 不着边际(不著邊際) not to the point; wide of the mark; neither here nor there; irrelevant
- 跟着(跟著) to follow after
- 着三不着两(著三不著兩) scatter-brained; thoughtless
- 浮着(浮著) afloat
- 着数(著數) move (in chess, on stage, in martial arts); gambit; trick; scheme; movement
- 躺着也中枪(躺著也中槍) to get shot even when lying down
- 黏着语(黏著語) agglutinative language
- 牵着鼻子走(牽著鼻子走) to lead by the nose
- 着力(著力) to put effort into
- 附着物(附著物) fixture ; attachment
- 撰着(撰著) to write; to compose
- 失着(失著) a miscalculation
- 悠着(悠著) to take it easy
- 这山望着那山高(這山望著那山高) the next mountain looks taller; not satisfied with one's current position
- 看着不管(看著不管) to stand by and pay no heed; to ignore
- 藉着(藉著) by means of; through
- 正着(正著) head-on; red-handed
- 活着 alive ; to be alive
- 着火(著火) to ignite; to burn
- 黏着(黏著) to stick together; to adhere
- 着迷(著迷) to be fascinated; to be captivated
- 挨着(挨著) next to each other
- 数得着(數得著) to be considered as outstanding or special; to be reckoned with; notable
- 摸着石头过河(摸著石頭過河) to wade across the river, feeling for footholds as one goes; to advance cautiously, step by step
- 猜着(猜著) to guess correctly
- 吃饱撑着(吃飽撐著) having nothing better to do
- 干着急(乾著急) to worry helplessly
- 朝着(朝著) facing; advancing (towards)
- 着想(著想) to give thought to; to consider; to plan
- 睡不着(睡不著) not able to sleep
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- 第二回 Chapter 85 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 96
- 第二回 Chapter 40 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 91
- 第二回 Chapter 67 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 83
- 第二回 Chapter 97 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 81
- 第二回 Chapter 63 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 79
- 第二回 Chapter 83 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 76
- 第二回 Chapter 62 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 74
- 第二回 Chapter 28 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 66
- 第二回 Chapter 82 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 66
- 第二回 Chapter 109 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 66