START WITH COMMON CHARACTERS
Common “zhe” Chinese characters
The same romanized syllable can represent different characters and tones. These useful HSK vocabulary characters are shown first so learners can begin with everyday Mandarin.
TONE-MARKED PINYIN
Chinese characters pronounced zhe
1 dictionary entry uses the pronunciation zhe, including 着 (a move in chess (Taiwan pr. [zhuo2])).
TONE-MARKED PINYIN
Chinese characters pronounced zhé
13 dictionary entries use the pronunciation zhé, including 折 (to snap), 哲 (wise), 辙 (rut; track of a wheel (Taiwan pr. [che4])), 辄 (then), 喆 (Chinese character).
to snap
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wise
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rut; track of a wheel (Taiwan pr. [che4])
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then
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Chinese character
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to hibernate
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to relegate a high official to a minor post in an outlying region (punishment in imperial China)
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document folded in accordion form
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Chinese character
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old term for the right-falling stroke in Chinese characters (e.g. the last stroke of 大[da4]), now called 捺[na4]
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Chinese character
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TONE-MARKED PINYIN
Chinese characters pronounced zhè
7 dictionary entries use the pronunciation zhè, including 这 ((pronoun) this; these), 柘 (a thorny tree), 浙 (abbr. for Zhejiang 浙江 province in east China), 這 (Chinese character), 蔗 (sugar cane).
(pronoun) this; these
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a thorny tree
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abbr. for Zhejiang 浙江 province in east China
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Chinese character
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sugar cane
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partridge
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TONE-MARKED PINYIN
Chinese characters pronounced zhě
5 dictionary entries use the pronunciation zhě, including 者 ((after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ...), 啫 (used in 啫哩[zhe3 li1]), 锗 (germanium (chemistry)), 赭 (ocher), 褶 (pleat).
(after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ...
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used in 啫哩[zhe3 li1]
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germanium (chemistry)
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ocher
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pleat
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TONE-MARKED PINYIN
Chinese characters pronounced zhē
2 dictionary entries use the pronunciation zhē, including 遮 (to cover up (a shortcoming)), 蜇 (to sting).
PRINTABLE PRACTICE
Practice these zhe characters
Create an A4 Tianzige or Mizige worksheet using 7 useful characters from this pronunciation group.
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