Definition
桩 (zhuāng) has two main uses: as a noun meaning 'wooden stake, pile, stump', and as a classifier for individual matters, cases, events, or transactions (e.g., 一桩婚事 'a marriage matter'). As a classifier, it contrasts with 宗 (zōng), which also classifies cases/transactions but often implies a formal batch or file; 桩 is more concrete and colloquial for discrete events.
noun
wooden stakepilestump
classifier
used for matterscaseseventsor transactions
Easily confused
- 脏zānglook-alikedirty, filthy
- 装zhuāngsound-aliketo install, to fix (equipment)
- 撞zhuàngsound-aliketo bump into, to collide with
- 幢zhuàngsound-alike(classifier) for buildings
- 壮zhuàngsound-alike(adjective) strong, robust
Examples
- 桩。Zhè zhuāng hūnshì zhōngyú dìng xiàlai le.This marriage matter has finally been settled.
- 。Tā bǎ mù zhuāng dìng jìnle dì li.He drove the wooden stake into the ground.
- 桩。Yì zhuāng chǒuwén ràng gōngsī míngyù shòu sǔn.A scandal damaged the company's reputation.
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