Character breakdown
Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.
How to learn 蘖枝
Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.
When the word appears in a sentence, check whether its part of speech and meaning match the definition shown here. Chinese words can change nuance with context.
Words with the same characters
Compare how a familiar Hanzi changes meaning inside another word.
to tiller; to produce secondary shoots (in cereal crops); tiller; secondary shoot emerging from the base of a plant (e.g. rice, wheat)
枝条zhī tiáobranch; twig; stem
分枝fēn zhībranch
接枝jiē zhī(tree) graft
花枝huā zhīspray (sprig of a plant with blossoms); cuttlefish (on dining menus); (literary) beautiful woman
枝干zhī gànbranch; limb (of a tree)