HSK 6 · Body

眨 zhǎ “to blink” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 眨 means

  1. to blink
  2. to wink

How to say 眨

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale眨zhǎ3rd tone, dipping

眨 in a sentence

  1. 人平均一分钟眨几次眼睛？

    Rén píngjūn yì fēnzhōng zhǎ jǐ cì yǎnjing?

    On average, how many times a minute do people blink?

    Sentence #10752782 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 我在眨眼。

    Wǒ zài zhǎyǎn.

    I’m blinking.

    Sentence #10484399 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 消防员一眨眼的功夫就把火给灭了。

    Xiāofángyuán yì zhǎyǎn de gōngfu jiù bǎ huǒ gěi miè le.

    The firefighters put out the fire in the blink of an eye.

    Sentence #12796466 from Tatoeba

How 眨 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 眨 (zhǎ) with each of its parts in a different colour
眨zhǎto blink
  • 目eye · mù
  • 乏poor · fá

How to write 眨

眨 9 strokes

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

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

Words related to 眨

More words: People, Body & Health

血压xuèyā · blood pressure眼色yǎnsè · meaningful look眼神yǎnshén · look in one’s eyes遗传yíchuán · genetic症状zhèngzhuàng · symptom脂肪zhīfáng · fat (body or dietary)指甲zhǐjia · fingernail知觉zhījué · perception

FAQs

眨 (zhǎ) means “to blink” or “to wink”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it zhǎ: zhǎ with a 3rd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 眨 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zha with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 眨 from the suggestions. Typing zha into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
眨 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.