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汁 zhī juice

juice; sap; gravy; sauce

How to remember 汁: 氵 water + 十 ten = juice. Mixing a little water with ten squeezed oranges, the girl proudly serves her parents a glass of fresh juice.

  • 2,540. most frequent character
  • HSK 4
  • 5 strokes
  • Radical 水

Component breakdown

汁 = 氵 water + 十 ten

  • 氵 water
  • 十 ten
The Gushi story

Mixing a little water with ten squeezed oranges, the girl proudly serves her parents a glass of fresh juice.

How it is used

  • 'Juice, sap, sauce' - the liquid squeezed or cooked out of something. 果汁 (guǒzhī) fruit juice is the everyday word.
  • Also savory liquids: 番茄汁 (fānqiézhī) tomato juice, and cooking sauces/gravy generally.
  • In 原汁原味 (yuánzhī-yuánwèi), literally 'original juice, original flavor', it means authentic/unaltered.

Words with 汁

Example sentences

  • 我喝果汁或者咖啡。 Wǒ hē guǒzhī huòzhě kāfēi.I drink juice or coffee.