HSK 6 · Objects

插座 chāzuò “power point” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 插座 means

  1. power point
  2. socket
  3. outlet

How to say 插座

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale插chā1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale座zuò4th tone, falling

插座 in a sentence

  1. 插头插到插座里了吗？

    Chātóu chā dào chāzuò lǐ le ma?

    Is the plug in the socket?

    Sentence #10267396 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  2. 我把果酱撒到电源插座上短路了。

    Wǒ bǎ guǒjiàng sǎ dào diànyuán chāzuò shàng duǎnlù le.

    I spilt jam on the power point and it short-circuited.

    Sentence #9931141 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 插座 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 插 (chā) with each of its parts in a different colour
插chāto insert
  • 扌hand form of 手 · shǒuMeaning part
  • 臿to separate the grain from the husk · chāSound part

扌 hints at the meaning (hand); 臿 (chā) hints at the sound. Compare it with chā.

The character 座 (zuò) with each of its parts in a different colour
座zuòseat
  • 广shelter · guǎng
  • 坐seat · zuò

How to write 插座

插 12 strokes · 座 10 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

插座 (chāzuò) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 插座 (chāzuò). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 插座

Words with 插

插chā · to insert

Words with 座

座zuò · measure word for buildings座位zuòwèi · seat讲座jiǎngzuò · lecture座右铭zuòyòumíng · motto

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FAQs

插座 (chāzuò) means “power point” or “socket”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it chāzuò: chā with a 1st tone, then zuò with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 插座 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type chazuo with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 插座 from the suggestions. Typing chazuo into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
插座 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.