Learn Chinese Characters

Meaning

to plant

Chinese: 种植。

Hear the Four Tones

The same syllable “zhi” becomes a different word in each tone. 植 is the 2nd tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.

Stroke Order

Tap Animate to watch the strokes in order, or Practice to trace it yourself.

Common Words

  • 植物zhí wùplant; vegetation
  • 种植zhòng zhíto plant; to grow (a crop); to cultivate
  • 移植yí zhíto transplant
  • 植发zhí fàto get a hair transplant
  • 植民zhí míncolony

Example Sentence

植树节那天,我们种了很多小树。Zhí shù jié nà tiān, wǒ men zhòng le hěn duō xiǎo shù.On Arbor Day, we planted many little trees.

植树Zhí shùto plant treesjiéjoint那天nà tiānthat day我们wǒ menwezhòngseedle(completed action)hěnveryduōmany小树xiǎo shùshrub