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栽 meaning in English

zāi

to plant; to grow; to insert; to erect (e.g. a bus stop sign)

HSK 7-9verb10 strokes

Meaning of 栽

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

zāi
  1. to plant; to grow
  2. to insert; to erect (e.g. a bus stop sign)
  3. to impose sth on sb
  4. to stumble; to fall down

栽 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

农nóng夫fū警jǐng告gào孩hái子zi们men不bú要yào践jiàn踏tà新xīn栽zāi种zhòng的de作zuò物wù。
The farmer warned the children not to stomp on the freshly planted crops.
此cǐ山shān是shì我wǒ开kāi，此cǐ树shù是shì我wǒ栽zāi，要yào想xiǎng从cóng此cǐ过guò，留liú下xià买mǎi路lù财cái。
This mountain was opened by me; this tree was planted by me. If you wish to pass through here, leave behind your toll money.
为wèi了le增zēng添tiān节jié日rì的de气qì氛fēn ，那nà里lǐ的de人rén用yòng盆pén栽zāi装zhuāng饰shì他tā们men的de家jiā。
People there decorate their homes with potted flowers to add to the festival atmosphere.
他tā们men想xiǎng栽zāi培péi新xīn品pǐn种zhǒng的de米mǐ来lái增zēng加jiā粮liáng食shí生shēng产chǎn。
They want to increase food production by growing new kinds of rice.

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栽 zāi · to plant · 10 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 栽.

栽培zāipéito grow; to cultivate
栽赃zāizāngto frame sb (by planting sth on them)
盆栽pénzāito grow (a plant) in a pot; potted plant (sometimes refers specifically to a bonsai plant)

Questions about 栽

What does 栽 mean?

栽 (zāi) means "to plant; to grow; to insert; to erect (e.g. a bus stop sign)" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 栽?

栽 is made of 1 character: 栽 (10 strokes). That is 10 strokes in total.

Is 栽 an HSK word?

Yes. 栽 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

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