着 zhāo / zhaó / zhe / zhù / zhuó in a sentence
Move (tactic); Touch (affected by - ignited); ing (action in progress); Make known (prove); Wear (contact - send - apply - whereabouts)
着 (zhāo / zhaó / zhe / zhù / zhuó) means Move (tactic), Touch (affected by - ignited), ing (action in progress). Below are 24 of the 38 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
遇到问题别 着 急。
Yùdào wèntí bié zháojí.
Don't panic when you run into a problem.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 遇到
她穿 着 一件红衣服。
Tā chuān zhe yí jiàn hóng yīfu.
She is wearing red clothes.
Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 红
他手里拿 着 一本书。
Tā shǒu lǐ ná zhe yì běn shū.
He is holding a book in his hand.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 拿
他穿 着 一双黑皮鞋。
Tā chuān zhe yì shuāng hēi píxié.
He is wearing a pair of black leather shoes.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 皮鞋
别 着 急，还有时间。
Bié zháojí, hái yǒu shíjiān.
Don't worry, there's still time.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 着急
桌子上放 着 两双筷子。
Zhuōzi shàng fàng zhe liǎng shuāng kuàizi.
Two pairs of chopsticks are laid on the table.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 筷子
From the graded readers
我拿 着 照片去问她。
wǒ názhe zhàopiàn qù wèn tā.
I took the photo to ask her about it.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · An Old Photograph
我旁边坐 着 一位老人。
wǒ pángbiān zuòzhe yī wèi lǎorén.
An older man was sitting next to me.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · The Train to Shanghai
可是我在沙发上睡 着 了。
kěshì wǒ zài shāfā shàng shuìzháole.
But I fell asleep on the sofa.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · My Weekend
我很 着 急，没吃早饭就出门了。
wǒ hěn zhāo / zhaó / zhe / zhù / zhuó jí, méi chī zǎofàn jiù chū mén le / liǎo / liào.
I panicked and left without breakfast.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · Late for Work
她手里拿 着 四五个很重的袋子。
tā shǒulǐ názhe sì wǔ gè hěn zhòng / chóng de / dì dàizi.
She was holding four or five heavy bags.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Helping a Stranger
奶奶笑 着 说：“那就是一家人。”
nǎinai xiào zhāo / zhaó / zhe / zhù / zhuó shuō:" nà / nèi jiùshì yī jiārén."
My grandmother smiled and said, "Then we're all together."
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Mid-Autumn Festival
他笑 着 说：“没关系，我也刚到。”
tā xiào zhāo / zhaó / zhe / zhù / zhuó shuō:" méiguānxi, wǒ yě gāng dào."
He smiled and said, "Never mind — I've only just got here myself."
Graded reader · HSK 2 · Late for Work
爸爸在后面扶 着 车，让我慢慢地骑。
bàba zài hòumian fúzhe chē, ràng wǒ mànmàn dì / de qí.
Dad held the back of the bike and let me ride slowly.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Learning to Ride a Bike
那天晚上，我一个人在阳台上坐 着 。
nà / nèi tiān wǎnshang, wǒ yīgè rén zài yángtái shàng zuòzhe.
That evening I sat on the balcony on my own.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Mid-Autumn Festival
她给了我一张纸，上面写 着 五样东西。
tā gěile wǒ yī zhāng zhǐ, shàngmian xiězhe wǔ yàng dōngxī.
She gave me a piece of paper with five things written on it.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · At the Supermarket
From the travel phrasebook
From the grammar library
着 appears in 38 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
Words that contain 着
Each of these has sentences of its own, so you can see the character doing a different job in each one.
Questions about 着
How is 着 used in a sentence?
This page shows 38 sentences using 着 (zhāo / zhaó / zhe / zhù / zhuó, "Move (tactic), Touch (affected by - ignited), ing (action in progress), Make known (prove)"), 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 着 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 着 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Is 着 an HSK word?
Yes — 着 is on the official HSK 2 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 2 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 着?
The dictionary page for 着 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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