扎 zā / zhā / zhá in a sentence
Tie (bind); To prick (set up camp - plunge into); Penetrating (struggle)
扎 (zā / zhā / zhá) means Tie (bind), To prick (set up camp - plunge into), Penetrating (struggle). Below are 10 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
他们在山下 扎 了营。
Tāmen zài shān xià zhā le yíng.
They pitched camp at the foot of the mountain.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 扎
他不小心被针 扎 了一下。
Tā bù xiǎoxīn bèi zhēn zhā le yíxià.
He accidentally pricked himself with a needle.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 扎
他的基本功很 扎 实。
Tā de jīběngōng hěn zhāshi.
His grounding is very solid.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 扎实
部队驻 扎 在山脚下。
Bùduì zhùzhā zài shānjiǎo xià.
The troops are stationed at the foot of the mountain.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 驻扎
小女孩 扎 着两条辫子。
Xiǎo nǚhái zhāzhe liǎng tiáo biànzi.
The little girl wore her hair in two plaits.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 辫子
这项工作做得很 扎 实。
Zhè xiàng gōngzuò zuò de hěn zhāshi.
This work has been done thoroughly.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 扎实
鱼在网里不停地挣 扎 。
Yú zài wǎng lǐ bùtíng de zhēngzhá.
The fish struggled ceaselessly in the net.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 挣扎
他在困境中苦苦挣 扎 。
Tā zài kùnjìng zhōng kǔkǔ zhēngzhá.
He struggled bitterly in his predicament.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 挣扎
救援队在村里驻 扎 了一周。
Jiùyuán duì zài cūn lǐ zhùzhā le yì zhōu.
The rescue team was based in the village for a week.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 驻扎
早期的训练为他奠定了 扎 实的基本功。
Zǎoqī de xùnliàn wèi tā diàndìng le zhāshi de jīběngōng.
His early training gave him a solid grounding.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 奠定
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Words that contain 扎
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Questions about 扎
How is 扎 used in a sentence?
This page shows 10 sentences using 扎 (zā / zhā / zhá, "Tie (bind), To prick (set up camp - plunge into), Penetrating (struggle)"), 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 扎 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 扎 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Is 扎 an HSK word?
Yes — 扎 is on the official HSK 6 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 6 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 扎?
The dictionary page for 扎 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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