汁 (zhī): juice
汁 (zhī) is a Chinese character meaning “juice.” Classified as HSK Level 4 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 氵 (semantic) and 十 (phonetic). It ranks #2447 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 汁 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
- juice
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 汁
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 橙汁noun | chéng zhī | orange juice |
| 柠檬汁noun | níng méng zhī | lemon juice |
| 肉汁noun | ròu zhī | meat stock |
| 绞尽脑汁phrase | jiǎo jìn nǎo zhī | to rack one's brains |
| 橘子汁noun | jú zi zhī | orange juice |
| 葡萄汁noun | pú táo zhī | grape juice |
| 原汁原味phrase | yuán zhī yuán wèi | original |
| 胆汁noun | dǎn zhī | gall |
| 汁液noun | zhī yè | juice |
| 榨汁机noun | zhà zhī jī | juicer |
| 乳汁noun | rǔ zhī | milk |
| 糖汁 | táng zhī | syrup |
| 果汁机noun | guǒ zhī jī | blender (device) |
| 脑汁noun | nǎo zhī | brains |
| 椰汁noun | yē zhī | coconut water |
汁 appears in 45 compound words: 4 as the first character, 82 as the last, and 13 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 汁 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (3)
Example Sentences
这家餐厅的招牌菜是蜜汁叉烧，肉质鲜嫩，酱汁浓郁。
Zhè jiā cāntīng de zhāopái cài shì mìzhī chāshāo, ròuzhì xiānnèn, jiàngzhī nóngyù.
This restaurant's signature dish is honey-glazed BBQ pork, with tender meat and rich sauce.
...边做dna检查有影响吗?抽血过程会减少乳汁分泌量吗
. . . biān zuò d n a jiǎn chá yǒu yǐng xiǎng ma ? chōu xiě guò chéng huì jiǎn shǎo rǔ zhī fēn mì liàng ma
... Does doing a DNA test make a difference? Does the blood draw process reduce milk production?
...妇一边喂奶一边做dna的准确率是多少?乳汁残留会干扰基因分析结果吗
. . . fù yī biān wéi nǎi yī biān zuò d n a de zhǔn què lǜ shì duō shǎo ? rǔ zhī cán liú huì gān rǎo jī yīn fēn xī jié guǒ ma
... What is the accuracy of a woman doing DNA while breastfeeding? Does milk residue interfere with genetic analysis results?
伊能静挑战喝北京豆汁 皱眉苦喊:不行了
yī néng jìng tiāo zhàn hē běi jīng dòu zhī zhòu méi kǔ hǎn : bù háng le
Yi Nengjing challenged to drink Beijing bean juice and frowned and shouted: No way
$38外賣椰汁芋頭西米露糖水!僅5粒芋頭+極少西米 網...
wài 賣 yē zhī 芋 頭 xī mǐ lù táng shuǐ ! 僅 lì 芋 頭 極 shǎo xī mǐ 網 . . .
$38 takeaway coconut water taro sago sugar water! Only 5 taro + very little sago net...
阿图什的无花果是甜蜜多汁的。
ātúshí de wúhuāguǒ shì tiánmì duōzhī de.
The figs of Atush are sweet and juicy.
茄汁意粉是小朋友的最爱。
Qié zhī yì fěn shì xiǎopéngyǒu de zuì ài.
Kids love pasta in tomato sauce.
我母亲买了两瓶橙汁。
Wǒ mǔqīn mǎi le liǎng píng chéngzhī.
My mother bought two bottles of orange juice.
我想要一杯柳橙汁。
Wǒ xiǎngyào yī bēi liǔchéngzhī.
I'd like an orange juice.
她用了许多柳橙来榨汁。
Tā yòng le xǔduō liǔchéng lái zhà zhī.
She squeezed the juice from many oranges.
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 氵 (water) component
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