壮 (zhuàng): Zhuang ethnic group of Guangxi, the PRC's second most numerous ethnic group, to strengthen, strong
壮 (zhuàng) is a Chinese character meaning “zhuang ethnic group of guangxi, the prc's second most numerous ethnic group.” Classified as HSK Level 6 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 丬 (phonetic) and 士 (semantic). It ranks #1423 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 壮 soldier. Its radical form 士 (scholar) appears in many related characters such as 声 (shēng, sound), 士 (shì, member of the senior ministerial class (old)), 壶 (hú, pot).
Definitions
- Zhuang ethnic group of Guangxi, the PRC's second most numerous ethnic group
- to strengthen
- strong
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 壮
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 壮观adjective | zhuàng guān | spectacular |
| 健壮adjective | jiàn zhuàng | robust |
| 壮大verb | zhuàng dà | to strengthen |
| 壮举noun | zhuàng jǔ | magnificent feat |
| 粗壮adjective | cū zhuàng | thick and solid |
| 壮丽adjective | zhuàng lì | magnificence |
| 壮烈adjective | zhuàng liè | brave |
| 茁壮adjective | zhuó zhuàng | healthy and strong |
| 年轻力壮phrase | nián qīng lì zhuàng | young and vigorous (idiom) |
| 壮志noun | zhuàng zhì | great goal |
| 壮胆verb | zhuàng dǎn | to get one’s courage up |
| 身强力壮phrase | shēn qiáng lì zhuàng | strong and vigorous |
| 壮实adjective | zhuàng shi | robust |
| 老当益壮phrase | lǎo dāng yì zhuàng | old but vigorous (idiom) |
| 壮丁noun | zhuàng dīng | able-bodied man (capable of fighting in a war) |
壮 appears in 49 compound words: 37 as the first character, 37 as the last, and 27 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 壮 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (11)
to have one's ambition or resolve growing stronger even though they are old
to have one's ambition or resolve growing stronger even though they are old
Example Sentences
这个壮字在古汉语中有不同的含义。
zhè gě zhuàng zì zài gǔ hàn yǔ zhōng yǒu bù tóng de hán yì .
The character "壮" carries different meanings in classical Chinese.
横眉冷看:为有牺牲多壮志
héng méi lěng kàn : wéi yǒu xī shēng duō zhuàng zhì
Gazing coldly with furrowed brows: For the sake of sacrifice, how noble the ambition
警用枪去年达111件 多为“少壮派”
jǐng yòng qiāng qù nián dá 1 1 1 jiàn duō wéi shǎo zhuàng pài
Police guns reached 111 last year, most of which were "young and strong"
国民党青壮派:党版军购条例 与民意有落差
guó mín dǎng qīng zhuàng pài : dǎng bǎn jūn gòu tiáo lì yǔ mín yì yǒu luò chā
Kuomintang young faction: There is a gap between the party's version of the arms purchase regulations and public opinion
免费拍爆“24万株壮观花海”!面积大到约“21座篮球场” 首...
miǎn fèi pāi bào 2 4 wàn zhū zhuàng guàn huā hǎi ! miàn jī dà dào yuē 2 1 zuò lán qiú chǎng shǒu . . .
Free auction of "240,000 spectacular flowers"! The area is so large that there are about "21 basketball courts" first...
青壮阵亡、人口外逃 乌克兰沦“孤儿寡母之国”
qīng zhuàng zhèn wáng , rén kǒu wài táo wū kè lán 沦 gū ér guǎ mǔ zhī guó
Young and strong people died and people fled, and Ukraine became a "country of orphans and widows"
我哥哥虽然矮小可是很强壮。
Wǒ gēge suīrán ǎixiǎo kěshì hěn qiángzhuàng.
My brother is small but strong.
他看起来健康强壮。
Tā kànqǐlai jiànkāng qiángzhuàng.
He appears to be strong and healthy.
无数次的失败摧毁了他的雄心壮志。
Wúshù cì de shībài cuīhuǐ le tā de xióngxīn zhuàngzhì.
His ambition was blasted by these repeated failures.
你肯定比以前强壮。
Nǐ kěndìng bǐ yǐqián qiángzhuàng.
You've definitely gotten stronger.
Character Family
士 Radical Family — Characters sharing the scholar radical
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