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HSK 3.0 Level 7

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Definitions

  1. 1. to install
  2. 2. to place
  3. 3. to put
  4. 4. to buy

Example Sentences

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Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 1423421)

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Words Containing 置

处置
chǔ zhì

to handle

置物柜
zhì wù guì

locker

置换群
zhì huàn qún

permutation group (math.)

安置
ān zhì

to find a place for

未置可否
wèi zhì kě fǒu

to refuse to comment

设置
shè zhì

to set up; to install

核爆炸装置
hé bào zhà zhuāng zhì

nuclear explosion device

全球位置测定系统
quán qiú wèi zhì cè dìng xì tǒng

GPS (Global Positioning System)

置信
zhì xìn

(math.) confidence (interval etc)

空置
kōng zhì

to set sth aside

外置
wài zhì

external (i.e. not built-in 內置|内置[nèi zhì])

装置物
zhuāng zhì wù

fixture

中心埋置关系从句
zhōng xīn mái zhì guān xì cóng jù

center-embedded relative clauses

内置
nèi zhì

built-in; internal

置业
zhì yè

to buy real estate

不容置疑
bù róng zhì yí

unquestionable

阅读装置
yuè dú zhuāng zhì

electronic reader (e.g. for barcodes, RFID tags etc)

简易爆炸装置
jiǎn yì bào zhà zhuāng zhì

improvised explosive device (IED)

地理位置
dì lǐ wèi zhi

geographical location

难以置信
nán yǐ zhì xìn

hard to believe

置信区间
zhì xìn qū jiān

confidence interval (math.)

置之死地而后生
zhì zhī sǐ dì ér hòu shēng

place sb on a field of death and he will fight to live (idiom based on Sunzi's \The Art of War\ 孫子兵法|孙子兵法[sūn zǐ bīng fǎ]); to fight desperately when confronting mortal danger

起落装置
qǐ luò zhuāng zhì

aircraft takeoff and landing gear

核装置
hé zhuāng zhì

nuclear device

后置
hòu zhì

to place after (e.g. in grammar)

置换突变
zhì huàn tū biàn

missense mutation

转移安置
zhuǎn yí ān zhì

to relocate

置之脑后
zhì zhī nǎo hòu

to banish from one's thoughts

不容置辩
bù róng zhì biàn

peremptory

漠然置之
mò rán zhì zhī

to set to one side and ignore (idiom); quite indifferent

置换
zhì huàn

to permute

置之度外
zhì zhī dù wài

to give no thought to

偏置电流
piān zhì diàn liú

bias current (electronics)

前置词
qián zhì cí

preposition

重置
chóng zhì

to reset

置景
zhì jǐng

(cinema, theater) to dress the set

添置
tiān zhì

to buy

装置
zhuāng zhì

to install

自动换刀装置
zì dòng huàn dāo zhuāng zhì

automatic tool changer (ATC)

置办
zhì bàn

to purchase

置喙
zhì huì

to offer an opinion

置信限
zhì xìn xiàn

confidence limit (math.)

废置
fèi zhì

to discard

置之死地
zhì zhī sǐ dì

to place sb on field of death

配置
pèi zhì

to deploy

推心置腹
tuī xīn zhì fù

to give one's bare heart into sb else's keeping (idiom); sb has one's absolute confidence

措置
cuò zhì

to handle

偏置
piān zhì

offset

放置
fàng zhì

to put

置入
zhì rù

to insert

浮力调整装置
fú lì tiáo zhěng zhuāng zhì

BCD

偏置电阻
piān zhì diàn zǔ

bias impedance (electronics)

置买
zhì mǎi

to purchase

位置
wèi zhi

position

误置
wù zhì

to put sth in the wrong place

出厂设置
chū chǎng shè zhì

(computing) factory settings

倒置
dào zhì

to invert

索具装置
suǒ jù zhuāng zhì

rig

指向装置
zhǐ xiàng zhuāng zhì

pointing device (computing)

不可置信
bù kě zhì xìn

unbelievable; incredible

置身
zhì shēn

to place oneself

置疑
zhì yí

to doubt

布置
bù zhì

to put in order

后置修饰语
hòu zhì xiū shì yǔ

postmodifier (grammar)

置信水平
zhì xìn shuǐ píng

confidence level (math.)

姑置勿论
gū zhì wù lùn

(idiom) to put (an issue) to one side for the moment

搁置
gē zhì

to shelve

置身事外
zhì shēn shì wài

not to get involved

传动装置
chuán dòng zhuāng zhì

(automobile) transmission

时空错置
shí kōng cuò zhì

having elements from another time or place

时空错置感
shí kōng cuò zhì gǎn

sense of being in another time and place

置诸高阁
zhì zhū gāo gé

lit. place on a high shelf

本末倒置
běn mò dào zhì

lit. to invert root and branch (idiom); fig. confusing cause and effect

置顶
zhì dǐng

to sticky (an Internet forum thread etc)

位置效应
wèi zhì xiào yìng

position effect

电邮位置
diàn yóu wèi zhi

email address

置之不问
zhì zhī bù wèn

to pass by without showing interest (idiom)

置评
zhì píng

comment

引爆装置
yǐn bào zhuāng zhì

detonator

输墨装置
shū mò zhuāng zhì

ink supply mechanism

置入性行销
zhì rù xìng xíng xiāo

product placement

转置
zhuàn zhì

to transpose

置中对齐
zhì zhōng duì qí

centered alignment (typography)

无容置疑
wú róng zhì yí

cannot be doubted (idiom)

措置裕如
cuò zhì yù rú

to handle easily (idiom); effortless

置辩
zhì biàn

to argue

置若罔闻
zhì ruò wǎng wén

to turn a deaf ear to (idiom); to pretend not to hear

轻重倒置
qīng zhòng dào zhì

to invert the importance of things (i.e. stress the unimportant and neglect the important)

换置
huàn zhì

to swap

虚拟现实置标语言
xū nǐ xiàn shí zhì biāo yǔ yán

virtual reality markup language (VRML) (computing)

置之不理
zhì zhī bù lǐ

to pay no heed to (idiom)

前置修饰语
qián zhì xiū shì yǔ

premodifier (grammar)

停车位置
tíng chē wèi zhi

parking location

一笑置之
yī xiào zhì zhī

to dismiss with a laugh

无可置疑
wú kě zhì yí

cannot be doubted (idiom)

弃置
qì zhì

to throw away

前置
qián zhì

to place before

置于
zhì yú

to place in; to put in (a position)

置信系数
zhì xìn xì shù

confidence coefficient (math.)

建置
jiàn zhì

to set up; to establish

闲置
xián zhì

to leave sth unused

相对位置
xiāng duì wèi zhi

relative position

留置
liú zhì

to leave in place

不予置评
bù yǔ zhì píng

to make no comment

滤毒通风装置
lǜ dú tōng fēng zhuāng zhì

filtration equipment

购置
gòu zhì

to purchase

不置可否
bù zhì kě fǒu

decline to comment

废藩置县
fèi fān zhì xiàn

to abolish the feudal Han and introduce modern prefectures (refers to reorganization during Meiji Japan)

置放
zhì fàng

to put