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HSK 3.0 Level 6

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Definitions

  1. 1. to tie
  2. 2. to bind
  3. 3. classifier for flowers, banknotes etc: bundle
  4. 4. Taiwan pr. [zhá]

Words Containing 扎

针扎
zhēn zhā

pincushion

扎染
zā rǎn

to tie-dye

扎扎实实
zhā zha shí shí

firm

扎住
zhā zhù

to stop

卡扎菲
kǎ zhā fēi

(Colonel Muammar) Gaddafi (1942-2011), de facto leader of Libya from 1969-2011

扎心
zhā xīn

heartrending

扎欧扎翁
zā ōu zā wēng

name of village in Nyima county, Nagchu prefecture, Tibet

马尔扎赫
mǎ ěr zhā hè

Marjah, town in Helmand province, Afghanistan

扎兰屯市
zhā lán tún shì

Zhalantun, county-level city, Mongolian Zalan-ail xot, in Hulunbuir 呼倫貝爾|呼伦贝尔[hū lún bèi ěr], Inner Mongolia

结扎
jié zā

to tie up

申扎
shēn zhā

Xainza county, Tibetan: Shan rtsa rdzong, in Nagchu prefecture 那曲地區|那曲地区[nà qǔ dì qū], central Tibet

扎囊县
zā náng xiàn

Zhanang county, Tibetan: Gra nang rdzong, in Lhokha prefecture 山南地區|山南地区[shān nán dì qū], Tibet

驻扎
zhù zhā

to station

扎针
zhā zhēn

to give or have an acupuncture treatment

板扎
bǎn zhā

(dialect) awesome

点子扎手
diǎn zi zhā shǒu

(coll.) one's adversary is very tough

扎扎
zhā zhā

(onom.) crunch (of marching feet etc)

扎啤
zhā pí

draft beer

康多莉扎·赖斯
kāng duō lì zhā · lài sī

Condoleezza Rice (1954-), US Secretary of State 2005-2009

扎赉特
zhā lài tè

Jalaid or Zhalaid (name)

扎实
zhā shi

strong

扎兰屯
zhā lán tún

Zhalantun, county-level city, Mongolian Zalan-ail xot, in Hulunbuir 呼倫貝爾|呼伦贝尔[hū lún bèi ěr], Inner Mongolia

莫扎里拉
mò zā lǐ lā

mozzarella (loanword)

马扎尔语
mǎ zhā ěr yǔ

Magyar (language)

纳扎尔巴耶夫
nà zhā ěr bā yē fū

Nursultan Nazarbayev (1940-), president of Kazakhstan 1990-2019

申扎县
shēn zhā xiàn

Xainza county, Tibetan: Shan rtsa rdzong, in Nagchu prefecture 那曲地區|那曲地区[nà qǔ dì qū], central Tibet

扎线带
zā xiàn dài

cable ties

稳扎稳打
wěn zhā wěn dǎ

to go steady and strike hard (in fighting)

包扎
bāo zā

to wrap up

马扎
mǎ zhá

campstool

绑扎
bǎng zā

to bind

扎格罗斯
zā gé luó sī

Zagros mountains of southwest Iran

洛扎
luò zhā

Lhozhag county, Tibetan: Lho brag rdzong, in Lhokha prefecture 山南地區|山南地区[shān nán dì qū], Tibet

硬扎
yìng zhā

strong

普罗扎克
pǔ luó zhā kè

Prozac (also marketed as Fluoxetine)

安营扎寨
ān yíng zhā zhài

to set up camp

扎格罗斯山脉
zā gé luó sī shān mài

Zagros mountains of southwest Iran

洛扎县
luò zhā xiàn

Lhozhag county, Tibetan: Lho brag rdzong, in Lhokha prefecture 山南地區|山南地区[shān nán dì qū], Tibet

巴扎
bā zhā

bazaar (loanword)

扎鲁特
zā lǔ tè

Jarud banner or Jarud khoshuu in Tongliao 通遼|通辽[tōng liáo], Inner Mongolia

扎实推进
zhā shi tuī jìn

solid progress

扎囊
zā náng

Zhanang county, Tibetan: Gra nang rdzong, in Lhokha prefecture 山南地區|山南地区[shān nán dì qū], Tibet

尖扎县
jiān zhā xiàn

Jianzha County in Huangnan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 黃南藏族自治州|黄南藏族自治州[huáng nán zàng zú zì zhì zhōu], Qinghai

扎马剌丁
zā mǎ lá dīng

Jamal al-Din ibn Muhammad al-Najjari (13th century), famous Persian astronomer and scholar who served Khubilai Khan 忽必烈 from c. 1260

扎穿
zhā chuān

to prick

扎克伯格
zhā kè bó gé

Mark Zuckerberg (1984-), American computer programer, co-founder and CEO of Facebook

塔扎
tǎ zā

Taza (a city in northern Morocco)

扎赉特旗
zhā lài tè qí

Jalaid banner, Mongolian Zhalaid khoshuu, in Hinggan league 興安盟|兴安盟[xīng ān méng], east Inner Mongolia

乞力马扎罗山
qǐ lì mǎ zhā luó shān

Mt Kilimanjaro in Tanzania

扎营
zhā yíng

to camp

扎根
zhā gēn

to take root

尖扎
jiān zhā

Jianzha County in Huangnan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 黃南藏族自治州|黄南藏族自治州[huáng nán zàng zú zì zhì zhōu], Qinghai

挣扎
zhēng zhá

to struggle

马扎尔
mǎ zhā ěr

Magyar

莫扎特
mò zhā tè

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), Austrian composer

捆扎
kǔn zā

to bundle up with rope (e.g. firewood)

雷扎耶湖
léi zhá yē hú

Lake Urmia, northwest Iran, a major salt lake

阿布扎比
ā bù zhā bǐ

Abu Dhabi, capital of United Arab Emirates (UAE)

垂死挣扎
chuí sǐ zhēng zhá

deathbed struggle

密密扎扎
mì mì zhā zhā

thick

卡尔扎伊
kǎ ěr zā yī

Hamid Karzai (1957-), Afghan politician, president 2004-2014

巴尔扎克
bā ěr zhā kè

Honoré de Balzac (1799-1850), French novelist, author of series La comédie humaine

扎马鲁丁
zā mǎ lǔ dīng

see 紮馬剌丁|扎马剌丁[zā mǎ lá dīng]

扎堆
zhā duī

to gather together

扎款
zhā kuǎn

to obtain money

扎伊尔
zhā yī ěr

Zaire

扎尔达里
zā ěr dá lǐ

Asif Ali Zardari (1956-), Pakistani People's Party politician, widower of murdered Benazir Bhutto, president of Pakistan from 2008-2013

扎寨
zhā zhài

to set up an encampment

扎鲁特旗
zā lǔ tè qí

Jarud banner or Jarud khoshuu in Tongliao 通遼|通辽[tōng liáo], Inner Mongolia

扎眼
zhā yǎn

garish

扎猛子
zhā měng zi

to swim with head submerged

扎带
zā dài

cable tie