稚 (zhì): infantile, young
稚 (zhì) is a Chinese character meaning “infantile.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 禾 (semantic) and 隹 (phonetic). It ranks #2580 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 稚 grain. Its radical form 禾 (grain) appears in many related characters such as 秋 (qiū, autumn), 科 (kē, branch of study), 租 (zū, to hire).
Definitions
- infantile
- young
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 幼稚adjective | yòu zhì | young |
| 幼稚园noun | yòu zhì yuán | kindergarten (Tw) |
| 稚嫩adjective | zhì nèn | young and tender |
| 稚气noun | zhì qì | childish nature |
| 稚子 | zhì zǐ | young child |
| 稚气未脱 | zhì qì wèi tuō | still possessing the innocence of childhood (idiom) |
| 稚女 | zhì nǚ | little girl (of toddler age) |
| 稚弱adjective | zhì ruò | immature and feeble |
| 童稚noun | tóng zhì | child |
| 稚虫noun | zhì chóng | (entomology) naiad |
| 甜稚 | tián zhì | sweet and innocent |
| 稚拙adjective | zhì zhuō | young and clumsy |
稚 appears in 12 compound words: 67 as the first character, 25 as the last, and 8 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 稚 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Example Sentences
这个稚字的意思与它的部首有关。
zhè gě zhì zì de yì sī yú tā de bù shǒu yǒu guān .
The meaning of the character "稚" is related to its radical.
李頴彰律师|英基幼稚园贿赂案:谁在拆掉下一代向上流动的阶梯?
lǐ 頴 zhāng lǜ shī yīng jī yòu zhì yuán huì lù àn : shéi zài chāi diào xià yī dài xiàng shàng liú dòng de jiē tī ?
Attorney Li Yingzhang | The English Schools Foundation Kindergarten Bribery Case: Who Is Dismantling the Ladder of Social Mobility for the Next Generation?
香港学校|东华三院黄朱惠芬幼稚园 将芬兰大自然教育带入香港 学生亲手用...
xiāng gǎng xué jiào dōng huá sān yuàn huáng zhū huì fēn yòu zhì yuán jiāng fēn lán dà zì rán jiào yù dài rù xiāng gǎng xué shēng qīn shǒu yòng . . .
Hong Kong Schools | Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Wong Chu Wai Fan Kindergarten Brings Finnish Nature Education to Hong Kong; Students Use Their Own Hands to...
...大髀揸軚盘学驾车 网民轰:唔汲取教训好幼稚
. . . dà 髀 揸 軚 pán xué jià chē wǎng mín hōng : 唔 jí qǔ jiào xùn hǎo yòu zhì
...Learning to drive with a big butt on the steering wheel; netizens slam: "Not learning from past mistakes is so childish"
财政预算案|消息:幼稚园单位资助额不再削减 两项津贴整合并入
cái zhèng yù suàn àn xiāo xī : yòu zhì yuán dān wèi zī zhù é bù zài xiāo jiǎn liǎng xiàng jīn tiē zhěng gě bìng rù
Budget|News: The amount of subsidy for kindergarten units will not be reduced The two subsidies will be integrated and merged
财政预算案|消息:幼稚园单位资助不再减 官津校资助每年削2%
cái zhèng yù suàn àn xiāo xī : yòu zhì yuán dān wèi zī zhù bù zài jiǎn guān jīn jiào zī zhù měi nián xiāo 2
Budget|News: Kindergarten subsidy will no longer be reduced, and subsidy for government subsidies will be cut by 2% every year
“以前网络好稚嫩啊，是吧？”“不，并没有。”
"yǐqián wǎngluò hǎo zhìnèn ā, shì ba?""bù, bìng méiyǒu."
"The Internet was so innocent back then, wasn't it?" "No, it wasn't."
是你该放弃你幼稚手段的时候了。
Shì nǐ gāi fàngqì nǐ yòuzhì shǒuduàn de shíhou le.
It is time you left off your childish ways.
打消这种幼稚的念头吧。
Dǎxiāo zhèzhǒng yòuzhì de niàntou ba.
Get rid of those kinds of naive ideas.
他的思维方式很幼稚。
Tā de sīwéi fāngshì hěn yòuzhì.
His way of thinking is very childish.
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 禾 (grain) component
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