着 (著) zhe zháo zhuó zhāo zhù

1. zhe particle indicates that an action is continuing
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words 虚词 , 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).
2. zháo verb to catch / to receive / to suffer / to touch / to contact
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Frequently Used Words 常用词汇
   Notes: In the sense of 接触 (Guoyu '著' zháo v 2; Kroll 2015 '著' zháo 2, p. 620; NCCED '着' zháo 2-3)
3. zhuó verb to contact / to use / to apply / to attach to
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Frequently Used Words 常用词汇
   Notes: In the sense of 附 (Guoyu '着' zhuó v 2; Kroll 2015 '著' zhuó 1, p. 620; NCCED '着' zhuó 1; Unihan '著')
4. zhuó verb to wear (clothes)
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Frequently Used Words 常用词汇
   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)
5. zhe auxiliary verb expresses a command
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words 虚词
   Notes: Used at the end of an imperative sentence (Guoyu '着' zhe particle 4; NCCED '着' zhe 4)
6. zháo verb to attach / to grasp
   Domain: Buddhism 佛教
   Notes: (NCCED '着' zháo 1; Unihan '著')
7. zhe particle indicates an accompanying action
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words 虚词 , 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.'
8. 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)
9. 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)
10. 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)
11. zhāo verb OK
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: (Guoyu '着' zhāo adv; NCCED '着' zhāo 4)
12. 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)
13. zháo verb to ignite
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '著' zháo 1, p. 620; NCCED '着' zháo 4)
14. zháo verb to fall asleep
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Frequently Used Words 常用词汇
    Notes: (NCCED '着' zháo 5)
15. zhuó noun whereabouts / end result
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: (Guoyu '着' zhuó n 3; NCCED '着' zhuó 3)
16. 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')
17. 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)
18. 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)
19. 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)
20. zhù noun a document / writings
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 文章 (Guoyu '著' zhù n 1)
21. zhù proper noun Zhu
    Domain: Literature 文学 , Subdomain: China 中国
    Notes: A section of the 诗经 Book of Songs (Guoyu '著' zhù n 1)
22. 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)
23. 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)
24. 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)
25. zhuó verb to result in
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 结果 (Guoyu '着' zhuó v 4)
26. zhuó verb to command
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 命令 (Guoyu '着' zhuó v 5)
27. 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)
28. zhāo verb to happen / to occur
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 发生 (Guoyu '着' zhāo v 3)
29. 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)
30. 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

• 随着(隨著) along with / in the wake of / following
• 本着(本著) based on / in conformance with / taking as one's main principle
• 着手(著手) to start out on a task / to set out ; to act ; to take advantage of an opportunity
• 着想(著想) to give thought to / to consider / to plan
• 意味着(意味著) to signify / to mean / to imply
• 着急(著急) to worry / to be anxious
• 接着(接著) to catch and hold on / to continue / to follow / to carry on
• 用不着(用不著) not need / have no use for
• 闹着玩儿(鬧著玩兒) to joke
• 怎么着(怎麼著) how / what
• 着凉(著涼) to catch cold
• 着重(著重) to stress / to emphasize
• 着眼(著眼) to focus / to concentrate
• 沉着(沉著) steady / calm and collected
• 这么着(這麼著) like this
• 着力(著力) to put effort into
• 着落(著落) whereabouts / a reliable source
• 着装(着裝) to wear
• 着墨(著墨) to describe in writing / to apply ink
• 有着(有著) to have / to possess
• 着实(著實) truly / indeed / severely / harshly
• 无着(無著) to not have a reliable source ; unattached ; Asaṅga
• 跟着(跟著) to follow after
• 着地(著地) to touch the ground
• 沿着(沿著) to go along / to follow
• 顺着(順着) to go along / to follow ; to follow / following
• 活着 alive ; to be alive
• 逢着(逢著) to meet
• 衣着 clothes / attire ; clothes
• 附着(附著) to adhere
• 着笔(著筆) to put pen to paper
• 粘着(粘著) to stick together / to adhere
• 粘着词素(粘著詞素) a bound form / a bound morpheme
• 黏着(黏著) to stick together / to adhere
• 弯着(彎着) bending
• 活着 alive ; to be alive
• 顺着(順着) to go along / to follow ; to follow / following
• 贪着(貪著) attachment to desire
• 爱着(愛著) attachment to desire
• 味着(味著) attachment to the taste of food
• 住着(住著) to cling / to attach / to dwell

Also contained in

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