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)
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- 不着陆飞行(不著陸飛行) nonstop flight
- 藉着(藉著) by means of; through
- 为着(為著) in order to; because of; for the sake of
- 找不着北(找不著北) to be confused and disoriented
- 这么着(這麼著) like this
- 空着手(空著手) empty-handed
- 着重(著重) to stress; to emphasize ; serious; critical
- 着想(著想) to give thought to; to consider; to plan
- 着地(著地) to touch the ground
- 着火点(著火點) ignition point (temperature); combustion point
- 着然(著然) really; indeed
- 忙着(忙著) to be occupied with
- 视微知着(視微知著) one tiny clue reveals the general trend; small beginnings show how things will develop
- 觑着眼(覷著眼) to narrow one's eyes and gaze at something with great attention
- 棋高一着(棋高一著) to be a [chess] move ahead; to outsmart an opponent
- 随着(隨著) along with; in the wake of; following
- 无着(無著) to not have a reliable source
- 粘着词素(粘著詞素) a bound form; a bound morpheme
- 大处着眼,小处着手(大處著眼,小處著手) think of the big picture, start with the little things
- 碰着(碰著) to run into; to encounter
- 着笔(著筆) to put pen to paper
- 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
- 胶着(膠著) to stick to ; at a stalemate
- 看着办(看著辦) to do as one sees fit; to play it by ear (according to the circumstances)
- 着衣镜(著衣鏡) put on clothes and look in the mirror
- 穿着(穿著) to wear ; attire; clothes; dress
- 吸着(吸著) sorption (generic term for absorption, adsorption, diffusion, precipitation etc)
- 衣着 clothes; attire ; clothes
- 吃着碗里,看着锅里(吃著碗裡,看著鍋裡) eyeing what's in the pot as one eats from one's bowl; not content with what one already has
- 着者(著者) author
- 撰着(撰著) to write; to compose
- 够不着(夠不著) to be unable to reach
- 放着明白装糊涂(放著明白裝糊塗) to pretend not to know
- 巨着(巨著) a monumental work
- 着风(著風) to catch a breeze
- 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
- 软着陆(軟著陸) soft landing (e.g. of spacecraft)
- 吃不了兜着走(吃不了兜著走) if you can't eat it all, you'll have to take it home; you'll have to take the consequences
- 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.
- 顺着(順着) to go along; to follow
- 身着(身著) to wear
- 着衣(著衣) put on clothes; wear clothes
- 正着(正著) head-on; red-handed
- 牵着鼻子走(牽著鼻子走) to lead by the nose
- 够得着(夠得著) to reach; to be up to
- 附着(附著) to adhere
- 猜着(猜著) to guess correctly
- 沈着(沈著) unmoved
- 着装(着裝) to wear
- 按着(按著) according to
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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 82 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 66
- 第二回 Chapter 28 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