泽 (zé): pool, pond, (of metals etc) luster
泽 (zé) is a Chinese character meaning “pool.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 氵 (semantic). It ranks #951 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 泽 water. Its radical form 氵 (water) appears in many related characters such as 水 (shuǐ, water), 汉 (hàn, Han ethnic group), 汽 (qì, steam).
Definitions
- pool
- pond
- (of metals etc) luster
Etymology & Origin
pictophoneticwater
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 新泽西 | xīn zé xī | New Jersey, US state |
| 沼泽 | zhǎo zé | marsh |
| 沼泽地 | zhǎo zé dì | marsh |
| 光泽 | guāng zé | luster |
| 色泽 | sè zé | color and luster |
| 泽西 | zé xī | Jersey (Channel Islands) |
| 毛泽东 | máo zé dōng | Mao Zedong (1893–1976), leader of the Chinese Communist Party 1935–1976 |
| 恩泽 | ēn zé | favor from an emperor or high official |
| 泽普 | zé pǔ | Poskam nahiyisi (Poskam county) in Kashgar prefecture 喀什地區|喀什地区[Ka1 shi2 di4 qu1], west Xinjiang |
| 泽兰 | zé lán | Eupatorium, e.g. Japanese bog orchid (Eupatorium japonicum Thunb) |
| 纽泽西 | niǔ zé xī | New Jersey, USA (Tw) |
| 润泽 | rùn zé | moist |
| 福泽 | fú zé | good fortune |
| 菏泽 | hé zé | see 菏澤市|菏泽市[He2 ze2 Shi4] |
| 竭泽而渔 | jié zé ér yú | lit. to drain the pond to get at the fish (idiom) |
泽 appears in 80 compound words: 18 as the first character, 36 as the last, and 46 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 泽 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (3)
Showing 2 of 3 idioms containing 泽.
Example Sentences
孩子们喜欢在清澈的泽边玩耍，捉小鱼小虾。
hái zǐ men xǐ huān zài qīng 澈 de zé biān wán shuǎ , zhuō xiǎo yú xiǎo xiā .
Children love to play by the clear marsh, catching little fish and shrimp.
高永表挨轰后回稳!金泽延飙154公里 WBC韩国队热身赛3连胜
gāo yǒng biǎo āi hōng hòu huí wěn ! jīn zé yán biāo 1 5 4 gōng lǐ W B C hán guó duì rè shēn sài 3 lián shèng
Gao Yongbiao stabilized after being bombarded! Kanazawa extended 154 kilometers and won 3 consecutive warm-up matches for the WBC South Korean team
乌俄战争4周年前夕 泽伦斯基喊话川普:请站我们这一边
wū é zhàn zhēng 4 zhōu nián qián xī zé lún sī jī hǎn huà chuān pǔ : qǐng zhàn wǒ men zhè yī biān
On the eve of the 4th anniversary of the Ukrainian-Russian War, Zelensky shouted to Trump: Please stand on our side
俄乌战满四年 泽伦斯基:不会牺牲领土交换停火
é wū zhàn mǎn sì nián zé lún sī jī : bù huì xī shēng lǐng tǔ jiāo huàn tíng huǒ
Russia-Ukraine has been fighting for four years, Zelensky: There will be no sacrifice of a ceasefire in exchange for territory
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T V B shì dì huáng zōng zé shài tóng nián zhào xī yǐn 4 qiān wàn rén wéi guàn 6 suì cháo nán C h o . . .
TVB TV emperor Huang Zongze posted childhood photos to attract 40 million onlookers 6-year-old trendy man Cho...
...新人气着数套餐 脆辣鸡腿饱餐首次加入 黄泽林首拍“老麦”广告重新演绎经典金句
. . . xīn rén qì zhe shǔ tào cān cuì là jī tuǐ bǎo cān shǒu cì jiā rù huáng zé lín shǒu pāi lǎo mài guǎng gào chóng xīn yǎn yì jīng diǎn jīn jù
... The new popular set meal crispy and spicy chicken legs were added for the first time Huang Zelin's first shot of the "Lao Mai" advertisement to reinterpret the classic golden sentences
轻井泽是著名的避暑胜地。
Qīngjǐngzé shì zhùmíng de bìshǔ shèngdì.
Karuizawa is famous as a summer resort.
泽伦斯基是一位主权国家的民选总统。
Zé lún sī jī shì yī wèi zhǔquánguójiā de mínxuǎn zǒngtǒng.
Zelenskyy is an elected president of a sovereign country.
泽伦斯基是战争英雄。
Zé lún sī jī shì zhànzhēng yīngxióng.
Zelensky is a war hero.
他们每年冬季去野泽滑雪。
Tāmen měinián dōngjì qù yězé huáxuě.
They go skiing at Nozawa every winter.
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