Chinese words starting with “zhe”
17 words in our HSK vocabulary start with the syllable zhe. They are sorted by how common they are, so the ones you are most likely to meet come first. The 8 most useful of them have their own page — they are listed first below.
Initial zh · final e · hear the four tones and see example characters →
- 1st tone 4
- 2nd tone 7
- 3rd tone 1
- 4th tone 4
- neutral tone 1
Word counts by tone are counted on the first syllable of each word.
Common words with this syllable
- 这样zhè yàngHSK 2
this kind of; so; this way; like this; such
- 这些zhè xiēHSK 1
these
- 这么zhè meHSK 2
so much; this much; how much?; this way; like this
- 这里zhè lǐHSK 1
here
- 这儿zhè rHSK 1
here
- 这边zhè biānHSK 1
this side; here
- 这时zhè shíHSK 2
at this time; at this moment
- 这时候zhè shíhòuHSK 2
At this moment
All 17 words
| # | Word | Pinyin | POS | Meaning | Study list |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 这 | zhè | r | (pronoun) this; these; (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun); (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. [zhèi], esp. in Beijing) | |
| 2 | 着 | zhe | u,v,n,q | aspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing state | |
| 3 | 者 | zhě | k,r,y,n,g,u | (after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ...; (after a noun) person involved in ...; -er; -ist; (used after a number or 后 or 前 to refer to sth mentioned previously); (used after a term, to mark a pause before defining the term); (old) (used at the end of a command); (old) this | |
| 4 | 折 | zhé | v,q | to break; to fracture; to snap; to suffer loss; to bend; to twist; to turn; to change direction; convinced; to convert into (currency); discount; rebate; tenth (in price); classifier for theatrical scenes; to fold; accounts book | |
| 5 | 折磨 | zhé mó | v,vn | to torment; to torture | |
| 6 | 哲学 | zhé xué | n | philosophy | |
| 7 | 折腾 | zhē teng | v,vn | to toss from side to side (e.g. sleeplessly); to repeat sth over and over again; to torment sb; to play crazy; to squander (time, money) | |
| 8 | 遮 | zhē | v,vn | to cover up (a shortcoming); to screen off; to hide; to conceal | |
| 9 | 折扣 | zhé kòu | n | discount | |
| 10 | 折叠 | zhé dié | v,vn | to fold; collapsible; folding (bicycle, antenna, bed etc) | |
| 11 | 这会儿 | zhè huì r | r | (coll.) now; this moment; also pr. [zhè huǐ r] | |
| 12 | 这就是说 | zhè jiù shì shuō | c | in other words; that is to say | |
| 13 | 折射 | zhé shè | v,vn | to refract; refraction; to reflect (in the figurative sense: to show the nature of) | |
| 14 | 遮盖 | zhē gài | v,vn | to hide; to cover (one's tracks) | |
| 15 | 遮挡 | zhē dǎng | v | to shelter; to shelter from | |
| 16 | 这样一来 | zhè yàng yī lái | l | thus; if this happens then | |
| 17 | 折合 | zhé hé | v | to convert into; to amount to; to be equivalent to |
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