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著

简着 · 著 · 繁著

Mandarin · pinyin zhāo#

a move in chess (Taiwan pr. zhuó)
trick; tactic
(dialect) okay; all right
(dialect) to put in; to add

Mandarin · pinyin zháo#

Mandarin · pinyin zhe#

aspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing state

Mandarin · pinyin zhuó#

to wear (clothes)
to contact
to use
to apply

Mandarin · pinyin zhù#

Mandarin · pinyin zhuó#

used in 執著 zhí zhuó

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著: zhù · zhe · manifest; (Cant.) to wear
着: zhe · make move, take action

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

zoek3 · zoek6 · zyu3

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(literary or Hokkien) to attach to; to stick to; to adhere to
(literary or Hokkien) to touch; to contact
(literary or dialectal) to wear; to put on; to be dressed in; clothing
(literary or dialectal Mandarin, Jin, Wu) to put; to place
(literary) to arrange
(literary) to blossom or bear fruit
(literary) something to depend on; something to fall back on; desired end; a sense of belonging
to catch fire; to burn; to combust; to be ignited
to catch fire; to burn; to combust; to be ignited — (Cantonese, Hokkien) to turn on; to light (a light, a machine, etc.)
(literary) to love deeply; to cling to and be reluctant to leave
(obsolete) to make (someone to); to order
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to cost
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to live in a fixed place
(historical) a kind of ancient drinking vessel
(obsolete or Min, Wu) must; to ought to; should
to be affected by; to be troubled with; to suffer
(Hakka, Min) to get; to receive
(dialectal Mandarin, Wu) to fall asleep
to fall into a trap; to be trapped
Particle denoting that an action was "appropriately done"; "not done in vain".
Particle denoting the success or continuation of an action.
(Beijing Mandarin) Particle used after verbs to denote the severity of the event.
(Cantonese) one by one
(Cantonese, Hakka, Min) correct; right
(Eastern Min) at; in (a place)
(Northern Min, Eastern Min, Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien, Teochew) it's now ...'s turn
(Hokkien) to hit; to fit exactly
(Hokkien, used for emphasis) exactly; precisely; just
(Hokkien, used to express earliness) as soon as; as early as
(Hokkien) as early as; already
(Mainland China Hokkien) used for strong emphasis: even
(Mainland China Hokkien) there is need to; it is necessary or worthwhile to
(Taiwanese Hokkien) then
(dialectal Mandarin, Xiang) all right; OK; that's exactly what I was thinking
(chiefly dialectal Hakka, Teochew, Wu) To play (chess)
(dialectal Mandarin, colloquial) to put in; to add
(alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 招 (“move; step (in chess or Go)”)
(alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 招 (“Classifier for moves or blows (especially in martial arts).”)
(alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 招 (“(figurative) trick; device”)

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(Jin, Taiwanese-Mandarin) Particle indicating the continuation of an action or a state. Often used with 正在 (zhèngzài) or 正 (zhèng).
(Jin, Taiwanese-Mandarin) Particle used after some adjectives to denote comparison of levels.
(Jin, Taiwanese-Mandarin) Particle denoting a command, request or advice.

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(literary) notable; remarkable; striking
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) famous; well-known
(literary) to show; to manifest
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to praise; to speak approvingly of
(literary) to write; to compose
(literary) literary work; composition; book
(literary) to record; to document
(literary) to establish; to set up; to build up
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) achievements; attainments
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) aboriginal; native inhabitants
(literary) precedence; order

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(literary) the space between the front gate and the screens/shields
(literary) alternative form of 佇 (zhù, “to remain (at a place); to be held up”)

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(literary) alternative form of 貯 /贮 (zhù, “to store”)
(literary) alternative form of 褚 (“to stuff a lined garment with cotton”)
(historical) an ancient county in modern Shandong, China

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(Jin, Taiwanese-Mandarin) used in 著雍 (“(pre-Classical) alternative name for the fifth heavenly stem”)

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