针 (針) zhēn

  1. zhēn noun a needle
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: Used in sewing (Guoyu '針' n 1; Kroll 2015 '針' 1, p. 599; Mathews 1931 '針', p. 38; Unihan '針'; XHZD '针' 1)
  2. zhēn noun pin; tack; a needle shaped thing
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: (Guoyu '針' n 2; Unihan '針'; XHZD '针' 2)
  3. zhēn verb to perform acupuncture
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Subdomain: Chinese Medicine
    Notes: (Guoyu '針' v 3; Unihan '針'; XHZD '针' 3)
  4. zhēn noun acupuncture anaesthesia
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Subdomain: Chinese Medicine
    Notes: (XHZD '针' 4)
  5. zhēn noun a hypodermic syringe
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Medicine
    Notes: (XHZD '针' 5)
  6. zhēn noun dose
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Medicine
    Notes: A measure word for injected medicine (Guoyu '針' n 3; XHZD '针' 6)
  7. zhēn verb to sew
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 缝 (Guoyu '針' v 1; Mathews 1931 '針', p. 38)
  8. zhēn verb to pierce; to stab
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 刺 (Guoyu '針' v 2)
  9. zhēn noun a sting
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Mathews 1931 '針', p. 38)
  10. zhēn noun a needle; suci
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: sūci, Tibetan: khab (BCSD '針', p. 1187; Mahāvyutpatti 'sūcī'; MW 'sūcī'; SH '針', p. 340)

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