插 (chā) means Insert. Below are 8 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
她把花 插 在瓶子里。
Tā bǎ huā chā zài píngzi lǐ.
She put the flowers in the vase.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 插
房间里的 插 座不够用。
Fángjiān lǐ de chāzuò bú gòu yòng.
There are not enough sockets in the room.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 插座
山顶上 插 着一面旗帜。
Shāndǐng shang chāzhe yí miàn qízhì.
A flag is planted on the summit.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 旗帜
生日蛋糕上 插 着六根蜡烛。
Shēngrì dàngāo shang chāzhe liù gēn làzhú.
Six candles are stuck in the birthday cake.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 蜡烛
他折了一枝梅花 插 在瓶里。
Tā zhé le yì zhī méihuā chā zài píng lǐ.
He broke off a spray of plum blossom and put it in a vase.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 枝
这种 插 头在很多国家都通用。
Zhè zhǒng chātóu zài hěn duō guójiā dōu tōngyòng.
This kind of plug is used in many countries.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 通用
请把充电器 插 到墙上的 插 座里。
Qǐng bǎ chōngdiànqì chā dào qiáng shang de chāzuò lǐ.
Please plug the charger into the socket on the wall.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 插座
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Words that contain 插
Each of these has sentences of its own, so you can see the character doing a different job in each one.
Questions about 插
How is 插 used in a sentence?
This page shows 8 sentences using 插 (chā, "Insert"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 插 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 插 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Is 插 an HSK word?
Yes — 插 is on the official HSK 5 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 5 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 插?
The dictionary page for 插 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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