着 zhe▶

Stroke order

着 is written in 11 strokes.

• 着

Example sentences

• 它玩着球。Tā wán zhe qiú.It is playing with a ball.
• 我看着书，不说话。Wǒ kàn zhe shū, bù shuōhuà.I am reading a book without speaking.
• 他看着书。Tā kàn zhe shū.He is reading the book (in a continuous state).
• 她笑着说你好。Tā xiào zhe shuō nǐ hǎo.She smiles while saying hello to you.

Related words

• 着急กังวล, ความกังวล
• 接着ถัดไป
• 随着พร้อมกับ
• 着凉หนาว, เย็นลง
• 着火ไฟไหม้
• 执着ดื้อรั้น, ยืนกราน

着 is pronounced zhe. You will meet it in HSK 2, a band of the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi — the standard test of Chinese proficiency. Most learners can pick 着 out of a list long before they can reach for it unprompted, and the gap between those two closes only with repeated recall. LexiTrail schedules the next sighting from how well you did on the last.