Zi:着
着(F著) [zhe] (suffix) -ing [zháo] 着急; 用不着 [zhuó] touch (着陆 ‘land; touch down’); 着重 emphasize [zhāo] 高着; 放置
5 monosyllabic entries in The ABC Chinese-English Comprehensive Dictionary (namespace Ci):
►zhe 着[著] {A} a.m. ①(indicating continuing progress/state, often paired with final ne) ‖ ²Tā shuì∼ ne. 她睡∼呢。 She's sleeping. ②(used for emphasis) ‖ Nǐ kàn∼. 你看∼。 Just take a look. ‖ Tīng∼! 听∼! Listen to me! ③(coverb-forming after some verbs) ‖ wèi∼ 为∼ for; in order to ‖ yán∼ hé 沿∼河 along the river ④(indicating accompanying action or event) ‖ kàn∼ tā shuō 看∼他说 talk while looking at him ◆char. ►zhene 着呢
►zháo 着[著] {B} v. ①touch; come in contact with ②feel; be affected by (cold/etc.) ③catch fire ④〈environment:〉 topo. fall asleep ⑤burn ‖ Huǒ ∼ le. 火∼了。 The fire has started to burn. ◆cmp. (indicating) ①(hitting the mark) ‖ Nǐ shuō∼ le. 你说∼了。 You've made the important point. ②(accomplishment in r.v.) ‖ Nǐ cāi∼ le. 你猜∼了。 You've guessed exactly right. ‖ ²Tā shuì∼ le. 她睡∼了。 She's fallen asleep. ‖ ²Tā shuìbu∼. 她睡不∼。 She can't fall asleep.
►²zhāo 着/招[著/-] {C} v.m. (for tricks/devices/moves in chess, martial arts, etc.) ‖ zǒucuò yī̠ ∼ 走错一∼ make a bad move ◆b.f. trick; device; move; method ►zhāor 着儿 ►zhāoshù 招数
►¹zhuó 着[著] {D} v./n. put on (clothes); dress; wear (apparel) ►zhuóyī 着衣 ►yīzhuó 衣着 ◆v. ①touch ►zhuólù 着陆 ②apply ►zhuósè 着色 ◆v. 〈environment:〉 wr. send; it is ordered that ... ‖ ∼ rén qù bàn. ∼人去办。 Send sb. to do it.
►³zhāo 着[著] {E} v. 〈environment:〉 topo. ①add; put in ‖ Tāng lǐ ∼ diǎn wèijīng. 汤里∼点味精。 Put a little MSG in the soup. ②all right; OK ‖ Zhè huà ∼ wa! 这话∼哇! That sounds fine!
Originally 着 was just a different way of writing the character 著. Now 著 is mostly written only for the pronunciation zhù, and 着 is written for the other pronunciations; but sometimes 著 is still used rather than 着 among full form characters, regardless of the pronunciation.
着 seems to have more pronunciations and meanings than any other Chinese character (except perhaps for 和). Don’t be discouraged. Even native Chinese speakers can’t always get it straight, especially the distinction between 着 zháo and 着 zhuó. For example, a friend of mine says 着陆 as zháolù though the dictionaries say zhuólù. The dictionaries disagree on whether 着 in 不着边际 (‘not to the point’) should be zháo or zhuó. On the other hand, the distinction between 着 zhe (progressive suffix) and 着 zháo (as in 用不着) really is important.
►references: Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:5.3129.9; Mathews:1258; Bǐshùn Guīfàn:204.1.02; EDOC:0
►components: 丷羊目
►Cantonese: jau\ jau/ jeuhk-
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