Definition
扎营 is a separable verb (离合词) meaning 'to camp' or 'to pitch camp'. The verb 扎 ('to set up, to pitch') separates from the object 营 ('camp') when you add aspect markers like 了 or 过, measure words like 次, or durations between them — for example, 扎了营 ('set up camp') or 扎过几次营 ('camped a few times'). The people camping go before the verb, and the location follows with 在.
v.o.
to campto pitch campto encamp
Examples
- 扎营。Tāmen zài hé biān zhā yíng.They camped by the river.
- 。Wǒmen zuótiān wǎnshang zài shāndǐng zhā le yíng.We set up camp on the mountaintop last night.
- 。Wǒ zài zhè piàn sēnlín lǐ zhā guò liǎng cì yíng.I've camped twice in this forest.
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