稚
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zhì · young, immature

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13Total strokes

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Left-rightCharacter structure

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Vocabulary in context

Common words with 稚

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Example sentences

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Shì nǐ gāi fàng qì nǐ yòu zhì shǒu duàn de shí hòu le.是你该放弃你幼稚手段的时候了。

It is time you left off your childish ways.

Source: Tatoeba #334827 · CC BY 2.0 FR
“ yǐ qián wǎng luò hǎo zhì nèn a, shì ba?”“ bù, bìng méi yǒu.”“以前网络好稚嫩啊,是吧?”“不,并没有。”

"The Internet was so innocent back then, wasn't it?" "No, it wasn't."

Source: Tatoeba #11238624 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Lěi lā shì sà mǐ xīn de yòu zhì yuán lǎo shī.蕾拉是萨米新的幼稚园老师。

Layla is Sami's new kindergarten teacher.

Source: Tatoeba #9423274 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Dǎ xiāo zhè zhǒng yòu zhì de niàntou ba.打消这种幼稚的念头吧。

Get rid of those kinds of naive ideas.

Source: Tatoeba #373462 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tā de sī wéi fāng shì hěn yòu zhì.他的思維方式很幼稚。

His way of thinking is very childish.

Source: Tatoeba #6333801 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tā shuō huà yòu zhì.她说话幼稚。

She talked childishly.

Source: Tatoeba #333734 · CC BY 2.0 FR
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How to study 稚 in context

  1. Say zhì, then recall the core meaning: young, immature.
  2. Write all 13 strokes while keeping the left-right balanced.
  3. Use it in 幼稚 (yòu zhì), meaning “young”.
  4. Read the complete sentence aloud once, then cover the translation and explain how 稚 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.