Chinese word dictionary

扎堆

zhā duī · (of people) to flock together; to congregate

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Word information

Simplified扎堆

Traditional扎堆

Pinyinzhā duī

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Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

扎zhā

to bind, to wrap; to pierce; to stop

堆duī

crowd, heap, pile, mass; to pile up; measure word for things in piles or stacks

How to learn 扎堆

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Words with the same characters

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堆duī

to pile up; to heap up; a mass; pile; heap; stack; large amount

扎zhā

(of troops) to be stationed (at); Taiwan pr. [zha2]; to prick; to run or stick (a needle etc) into; mug or jug used for serving beer (loanword from "jar"); variant of 紮|扎[zha1]

包扎bāozā

to wrap up; to pack; to bind up (a wound); variant of 包紮|包扎[bao1 za1]

堆积duījī

to pile up; to heap; accumulation

堆砌duīqì

lit. to pile up (bricks); to pack; fig. to pad out (writing with fancy phrases); ornate rhetoric

扎根zhāgēn

to take root