HSK 6 · Body

注射 zhùshè “to inject” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 注射 means

  1. to inject
  2. injection

How to say 注射

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale注zhù4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale射shè4th tone, falling

注射 in a sentence

  1. 我会给你注射止痛药。

    Wǒ huì gěi nǐ zhùshè zhǐtòngyào.

    I’ll give you an injection of painkiller.

    Sentence #779523 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  2. 你最后一次注射胰岛素之后有正常饮食吗？

    Nǐ zuìhòu yí cì zhùshè yídǎosù zhīhòu yǒu zhèngcháng yǐnshí ma?

    Have you been eating normally since your last insulin injection?

    Sentence #769615 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 我很平静，直到我看到了注射器。

    Wǒ hěn píngjìng, zhídào wǒ kàndào le zhùshèqì.

    I was calm until I saw the needle.

    Sentence #499606 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 注射 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 注 (zhù) with each of its parts in a different colour
注zhùto pour into; to flow into; to inject
  • 氵water form of 水 · shuǐMeaning part
  • 主to own · zhǔSound part

氵 hints at the meaning (water); 主 (zhǔ) hints at the sound. Compare it with zhù.

The character 射 (shè) with each of its parts in a different colour
射shèto shoot
  • 身body · shēn
  • 寸inch · cùn

How to write 注射

注 8 strokes · 射 10 strokes

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

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

Words related to 注射

Words with 注

注意zhùyì · pay attention to关注guānzhù · to pay close attention to注册zhùcè · to register注重zhùzhòng · to emphasise注视zhùshì · to gaze at注释zhùshì · annotation

Words with 射

射击shèjī · to shoot放射fàngshè · to radiate反射fǎnshè · reflex发射fāshè · to launch辐射fúshè · radiation

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FAQs

注射 (zhùshè) means “to inject” or “injection”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it zhùshè: zhù with a 4th tone, then shè with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 注射 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zhushe with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 注射 from the suggestions. Typing zhushe into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
注射 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.