HSK 6 · Adjectives

扎实 zhāshi “solid” in Chinese

Traditional 扎實

What 扎实 means

  1. solid
  2. sturdy
  3. thorough
  4. strong
  5. firm
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • practical

How to say 扎实

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale扎zhā1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the neutral tone: short and light, with no contour of its own实shineutral tone, light and short

Grey pinyin is a neutral tone: say it short and light. More on the neutral tone

扎实 in a sentence

  1. 他的中文基础很扎实。

    Tā de Zhōngwén jīchǔ hěn zhāshi.

    He has a solid foundation in Chinese.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 我们要扎实地做好每一件事。

    Wǒmen yào zhāshi de zuòhǎo měi yí jiàn shì.

    We need to do every job thoroughly.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 扎实 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 扎 (zhā) with each of its parts in a different colour
扎zhāto prick
  • 扌hand form of 手 · shǒu
  • 乚second (cyclical) form of 乙 · yǐ
The character 实 (shí) with each of its parts in a different colour
实shíreallight in 扎实
  • 宀roof · mián
  • 头head · tóu

Memory aidSimplified from 實, a house 宀 full of strings of coins: solid, real.

How to write 扎实

扎 4 strokes · 实 8 strokes

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

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

Words related to 扎实

Words with 扎

扎zhā · to prick挣扎zhēngzhá · to struggle驻扎zhùzhā · to be stationed

Words with 实

其实qíshí · actually诚实chéngshí · honest实际shíjì · actual确实quèshí · indeed实在shízài · really实际上shíjìshàng · in fact果实guǒshí · fruit (of a plant)实话shíhuà · truth实现shíxiàn · to achieve结实jiēshi · sturdy

More words: Adjectives

愚昧yúmèi · ignorant斩钉截铁zhǎndīngjiétiě · resolute and decisive崭新zhǎnxīn · brand-new朝气蓬勃zhāoqìpéngbó · full of vigour镇定zhèndìng · calm正当zhèngdàng · proper正规zhèngguī · formal正经zhèngjing · serious

FAQs

扎实 (zhāshi) means “solid” or “sturdy”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it zhāshi: zhā with a 1st tone, then shi with a neutral tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 扎实 is written 扎實. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zhashi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 扎实 from the suggestions. Typing zhashi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
扎实 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.