Learn Chinese Characters

Meaning

item; stump; stake; pile

Hear the Four Tones

The same syllable “zhuang” becomes a different word in each tone. 桩 is the 1st 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

  • 打桩dǎ zhuāngto drive piles into
  • 基桩jī zhuāngfoundation piles
  • 界桩jiè zhuāngboundary marker; boundary post; boundary pillar
  • 路桩lù zhuāngbollard
  • 标桩biāo zhuāng(marking) stake

Example Sentence

工人们在河里打下了一根根木桩。Gōng rén men zài hé lǐ dǎ xià le yì gēn gēn mù zhuāng.The workers drove wooden piles into the river.

工人Gōng rénworkermen(plural marker)zàiatriver (CL:条,道)inside打下dǎ xiàto lay (a foundation)le(completed action)onegēnrootgēnroot木桩mù zhuāngwooden pile