治 zhì to administer
to administer; to govern; to regulate; to manage; to treat
How to remember 治: 氵 water + 台 platform = to administer. With flood water up to her knees, the new mayor climbs onto a platform and promises she knows how to administer.
Component breakdown
治 = 氵 water + 台 platform
- 氵 water
- 台 platform
- 厶 cocoon
- 口 mouth
With flood water up to her knees, the new mayor climbs onto a platform and promises she knows how to administer.
How it is used
- Bound morpheme with two main senses: political governance and medical treatment.
- 治疗 zhìliáo is the standard, somewhat clinical word for medical "treatment" (used by doctors, in hospitals, in formal writing), distinct from the everyday verb-object phrase 看病 kànbìng, "to see a doctor/go get treated".
- 政治 zhèngzhì "politics" and 治理 zhìlǐ "to govern/manage (a country, a problem)" carry the governance sense - 治理环境污染 zhìlǐ huánjìng wūrǎn, "to address environmental pollution".
- 根治 gēnzhì "to cure permanently/root out" can apply to either an illness or a chronic social problem, bridging the two senses.
Words with 治
- 政治zhèngzhìpoliticsHSK 5
- 治疗zhìliáoto treat (an illness)HSK 5
- 治理zhìlǐto governHSK 6
- 防治fángzhìto prevent and cureHSK 6
- 救治jiùzhìto provide critical careHSK 8
- 整治zhěngzhìto bring under controlHSK 8
- 根治gēnzhìto bring under permanent controlHSK 9
- 治安zhì’ānlaw and orderHSK 9
- 治愈zhìyùto cureHSK 9
- 法治fǎzhìrule of lawHSK 9
- 统治tǒngzhìto rule (a country)HSK 9
- 自治区zìzhìqūautonomous region - a provincial-level administrative division of China with self-governance for ethnic minoritiesHSK 9
Example sentences
- 这所监狱专门关押政治犯。 Zhè suǒ jiānyù zhuānmén guānyā zhèngzhìfàn.This prison specializes in incarcerating political prisoners.