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桌zhuōtable
卓profound · zhuó
木tree · mù
子zinoun suffix, as in 椅子 “chair”
了clear · le
一one · yī
Memory aidA baby with its arms out and its legs wrapped up.
How to write 桌子
桌 10 strokes · 子 3 strokes
Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.
Stroke order chart for 桌子 (zhuōzi). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.
桌子 (zhuōzi) means “table, desk”. It is an HSK 1 word, so it is one of the words learners meet early.
Say it zhuōzi: zhuō with a 1st tone, then zi with a neutral tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 桌子 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Use 张 (zhāng) or 套 (tào). For example, one table is 一张桌子 (yì zhāng zhuōzi).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zhuozi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 桌子 from the suggestions. Typing zhuozi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
桌子 is an HSK 1 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.
桌zhuō1st tone, high and level
子zineutral tone, light and short
