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针

Traditional (Taiwan): 針

On the HSK 6 vocabulary list, at CEFR level B2.

zhēn ㄓㄣ

    • needle
    • pin
    • injection
    • stitch

Classifiers (measure words)

needle

Usually

Less often

pin

Other words read zhēn

In the same tone

  • 真 zhēn really
  • 珍 zhēn precious thing
  • 斟 zhēn pour
  • 贞 zhēn chaste
  • 帧 zhēn frame

All 27 words read zhēn

zhen with other tones

  • 镇 zhèn press down
  • 阵 zhèn disposition of troops
  • 震 zhèn shake
  • 朕 zhèn me
  • 枕 zhěn pillow

All 54 words read zhen in any tone

How 针 is written

    部首 radical
    钅
    笔画 strokes
    7, with 2 after the 部首
    结构 structure
    左右结构
    偏旁 parts
    钅十

    Words with 针

    Starting with 针

    • 针对 zhēnduì target
    • 针对性 zhēnduìxìng focus
    • 针灸 zhēnjiǔ acupuncture and moxibustion
    • 针叶林 zhēnyèlín needle-leaved forest
    • 针刺 zhēncì treat by acupuncture

    All 42 words starting with 针

    Ending with 针

    All 60 words ending with 针

    Containing 针

    • 一针见血 yīzhēnjiànxiě lit. to draw blood on the first prick
    • 如坐针毡 rúzuòzhēnzhān lit. as if sitting on pins and needles
    • 穿针引线 chuānzhēnyǐnxiàn lit. to thread a needle
    • 做针线 zuòzhēnxiàn do needlework
    • 金针菇 jīnzhēngū enoki mushroom (Flammulina velutipes), used in cuisines of Japan, Korea and China, cultivated to be long, thin and white

    All 16 words containing 针

    The words 针 counts as a measure word

    Example sentences and grammar articles using 针

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