HSK 6 · Society

驻扎 zhùzhā “to be stationed” in Chinese

Traditional 駐紮

What 驻扎 means

  1. to be stationed
  2. to garrison
  3. to station
  4. to garrison (troops)

How to say 驻扎

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale驻zhù4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale扎zhā1st tone, high and level

驻扎 in a sentence

  1. 这支部队在这里驻扎了很多年。

    Zhè zhī bùduì zài zhèlǐ zhùzhā le hěn duō nián.

    This unit has been stationed here for many years.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 考察队在山脚下驻扎了三天。

    Kǎocháduì zài shānjiǎo xià zhùzhā le sān tiān.

    The research team camped at the foot of the mountain for three days.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 驻扎 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 驻 (zhù) with each of its parts in a different colour
驻zhùto halt
  • 马horse · mǎMeaning part
  • 主to own · zhǔSound part

马 hints at the meaning (horse); 主 (zhǔ) hints at the sound. Compare it with zhù.

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

How to write 驻扎

驻 8 strokes · 扎 4 strokes

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

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

Words related to 驻扎

Words with 扎

扎zhā · to prick挣扎zhēngzhá · to struggle扎实zhāshi · solid

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FAQs

驻扎 (zhùzhā) means “to be stationed” or “to garrison”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it zhùzhā: zhù with a 4th tone, then zhā with a 1st 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, 驻扎 is written 駐紮. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zhuzha with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 驻扎 from the suggestions. Typing zhuzha into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
驻扎 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.