擠
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jǐ · to squeeze, to push against

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17Total strokes

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Left-rightCharacter structure

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Vocabulary in context

Common words with 擠

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Example sentences

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Tā de diàn zǒng shì jǐ mǎn le gù kè.他的店總是擠滿了顧客。

His store is always crowded with customers.

Source: Tatoeba #892452 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tā mén cóng rén qún zhōng jǐ guò qù le.他們從人群中擠過去了。

They made their way through the crowd.

Source: Tatoeba #795854 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Jiē dào shàng jǐ mǎn le rén.街道上擠滿了人。

The street was crowded with people.

Source: Tatoeba #873214 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Huǒ jū jǐ dé yào mìng, wǒ mén dōu zhǎo bú dào wèi zǐ zuò.火車擠得要命,我們都找不到位子坐。

The train was so crowded that none of us could get a seat.

Source: Tatoeba #372204 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tā jǐ shàng le huǒ jū.她擠上了火車。

She elbowed her way onto the train.

Source: Tatoeba #894075 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Jiē dào jǐ mǎn le gòu wù de rén.街道擠滿了購物的人。

Shoppers crowded the streets.

Source: Tatoeba #781681 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Turn reference into recall

How to study 擠 in context

  1. Say jǐ, then recall the core meaning: to squeeze, to push against.
  2. Write all 17 strokes while keeping the left-right balanced.
  3. Read the complete sentence aloud once, then cover the translation and explain how 擠 works in that context.

Definitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.