桌 (zhuō): table, desk
桌 (zhuō) is a Chinese character meaning “table, desk.” Classified as HSK Level 1 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 卓 (structural) and 木 (structural). It ranks #1189 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Definitions
- table, desk
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 桌
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 餐桌 | cān zhuō | dining table |
| 书桌 | shū zhuō | desk |
| 桌面 | zhuō miàn | desktop |
| 桌布 | zhuō bù | tablecloth |
| 圆桌 | yuán zhuō | round table |
| 饭桌 | fàn zhuō | dining table |
| 台球桌 | tái qiú zhuō | billiards table |
| 课桌 | kè zhuō | school desk |
| 上桌 | shàng zhuō | to place (food) on the table |
| 谈判桌 | tán pàn zhuō | conference table |
| 同桌 | tóng zhuō | desk-mate |
| 圆桌会议 | yuán zhuō huì yì | round table conference |
| 桌灯 | zhuō dēng | desk lamp |
| 桌面儿上 | zhuō miàn r shàng | on the table |
| 活动桌面 | huó dòng zhuō miàn | active desktop |
桌 appears in 41 compound words: 34 as the first character, 46 as the last, and 20 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 桌 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (3)
Example Sentences
办公室的桌子需要定期整理,保持工作环境的整洁。
Bàngōngshì de zhuōzi xūyào dìngqī zhěnglǐ, bǎochí gōngzuò huánjìng de zhěngjié.
Office desks need to be organized regularly to maintain a clean working environment.
美国商务部将主持机器人圆桌会议以应对中国竞争
měi guó shāng wù bù jiāng zhǔ chí jī qì rén yuán zhuō huì yì yǐ yīng duì zhōng guó jìng zhēng
The U.S. Department of Commerce will host a roundtable on robotics to counter Chinese competition
黃騰浩退居幕後「忙搬桌椅」! 角頭團隊新作懷秋、吳念軒雙帥登場
黃 騰 hào tuì jū mù 後 máng bān zhuō yǐ ! jiǎo 頭 團 隊 xīn zuò 懷 qiū 吳 niàn 軒 雙 帥 dēng 場
Huang Tenghao retreated behind the scenes to "busy moving tables and chairs"! The new work of the Jiaotou team Huaiqiu and Wu Nianxuan debuted
广西“新春第一会”倡议把“办公桌”挪到一线 用脚步丈量民意
guǎng xī xīn chūn dì yī huì chàng yì bǎ bàn gōng zhuō nuó dào yī xiàn yòng jiǎo bù zhàng liàng mín yì
Guangxi's "First New Year" initiative moves the "desk" to the front line and measures public opinion with footsteps
聯合報社論/倉促上桌的台美協定形同白談,賴政府該如何
聯 gě 報 shè 論 倉 cù shàng zhuō de tái měi 協 dìng xíng tóng bái 談 , 賴 zhèng fǔ 該 rú hé
United Daily News Editorial: The hastily finalized Taiwan-U.S. agreement amounts to empty talk. How should the Lai administration proceed?
刚才桌子上有一本书吗?
Gāngcái zhuōzi shàng yǒu yī běn shū ma?
Was there a book on the desk a moment ago?
你们庭院里有桌子吗?
Nǐmen tíngyuàn lǐ yǒu zhuōzi ma?
Do you have a table in the patio?
办公桌底下有没有任何书?
Bàngōng zhuō dǐxia yǒuméiyǒu rènhé shū?
Are there any books under the desk?
你能帮我搬这张桌子吗?
Nǐ néng bāng wǒ bān zhè zhāng zhuōzi ma?
Will you help me move this desk?
桌子上的书是谁的?
Zhuōzi shàng de shū shì shéi de?
Whose book is this on the desk?
Character Family
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