桩 (zhuāng): stump, stake, pile, classifier for events, cases, transactions, affairs etc
桩 (zhuāng) is a Chinese character meaning “stump.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 木 (semantic) and 庄 (phonetic). It ranks #2406 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 桩 wood. Its radical form 木 (tree) appears in many related characters such as 本 (běn, (bound form) root), 机 (jī, machine, opportunity), 条 (tiáo, strip).
Definitions
- stump
- stake
- pile
- classifier for events, cases, transactions, affairs etc
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 木桩 | mù zhuāng | wooden pile |
| 树桩 | shù zhuāng | tree stump |
| 打桩机 | dǎ zhuāng jī | pile driver (machinery) |
| 打桩 | dǎ zhuāng | to drive piles into |
| 小事一桩 | xiǎo shì yī zhuāng | trivial matter |
| 宁拆十座庙，不毁一桩婚 | nìng chāi shí zuò miào , bù huǐ yī zhuāng hūn | rather destroy ten temples than a single marriage (idiom) |
| 桩构栈道 | zhuāng gòu zhàn dào | pile trestle |
| 桩桩件件 | zhuāng zhuāng jiàn jiàn | each and every one |
| 件件桩桩 | jiàn jiàn zhuāng zhuāng | see 樁樁件件|桩桩件件[zhuang1 zhuang1 jian4 jian4] |
| 路桩 | lù zhuāng | bollard |
| 界桩 | jiè zhuāng | boundary marker |
| 基桩 | jī zhuāng | foundation piles |
| 标桩 | biāo zhuāng | (marking) stake |
| 桩脚 | zhuāng jiǎo | pier foundation (architecture) |
| 暗桩 | àn zhuāng | submerged piles installed to prevent the passage of boats |
桩 appears in 18 compound words: 17 as the first character, 67 as the last, and 17 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 桩 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Example Sentences
秋风起，桩叶变黄，铺满了林间小路。
qiū fēng qǐ , zhuāng xié biàn huáng , pù mǎn le lín jiān xiǎo lù .
Autumn winds rise, Leaves turn yellow, Carpeted along the forest path.
固桩 苹果库克、COO再访中
gù zhuāng píng guǒ kù kè , C O O zài fǎng zhōng
Solidifying the Foundation: Apple CEO Tim Cook and COO Return to China
全球大型打桩船“铁建大桥桩1”轮从江苏拖带出江试航
quán qiú dà xíng dǎ zhuāng chuán tiě jiàn dà qiáo zhuāng 1 lún cóng jiāng sū tuō dài chū jiāng shì háng
The "CRCC Bridge Pile 1," a large-scale global pile-driving vessel, was towed out of the Yangtze River from Jiangsu for sea trials
军售风向变 立院军购案急急为哪桩?
jūn shòu fēng xiàng biàn lì yuàn jūn gòu àn jí jí wéi nǎ zhuāng ?
The direction of arms sales has changed, and the Legislative Yuan is in a hurry.
民调前夕 江启臣固桩本命区 杨琼璎端政绩
mín diào qián xī jiāng qǐ chén gù zhuāng běn mìng qū yáng 琼 璎 duān zhèng jì
On the eve of the polls, Jiang Qichen solidified the pile of the natal district Yang Qiongying's political achievements
合欢山违规乱象再添一桩!民众大玩飞行伞 太管处:开罚3千
gě huān shān wéi guī luàn xiàng zài tiān yī zhuāng ! mín zhòng dà wán fēi háng sǎn tài guǎn chǔ : kāi fá 3 qiān
Hehuan Mountain violations and chaos add another one! The people played with parachutes and the Taiguan Office: 3,000 fines
私家侦探们受雇调查这桩奇怪的案件。
Sījiā zhēntànmen shòugù diàochá zhè zhuāng qíguài de ànjiàn.
Private detectives were hired to look into the strange case.
毫无疑问，我们正在调查一桩命案。
Háowúyíwèn, wǒmen zhèngzài diàochá yī zhuāng mìng'àn.
Make no mistake, we're looking at a homicide case.
汤姆出了桩事故。
Tāngmǔ chū le zhuāng shìgù.
Tom had a bad accident.
Character Family
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