zāi

HSK 7-9
common
verb
informal

Meaning of

栽 means to fall; to trip and fall; to fail; to make a fool of oneself. Pronounced zāi. HSK 7-9.

  • to fall; to trip and fall
  • to fail; to make a fool of oneself

Character Info

Radical
Strokes10
Components
𢦏

Stroke Order

Definitions & Examples

xiǎo
xīn
cǎi
le
xiāng
jiāo
 
zāi
le
jiāo
 

He stepped on a banana peel by accident and fell down.

Xià
xuě
tiān
huá
 
hěn
duō
rén
dōu
zāi
le
jiāo
 

The roads are slippery on snowy days, and many people fell down.

Pǎo
de
shí
hou
bèi
shí
tou
bàn
dǎo
zāi
le
gēn
tou
 

He tripped over a stone while running and fell hard.

Lǎo
rén
xiǎo
xīn
de
zhe
qiáng
zǒu
 
shēng
zāi
jiāo
 

The old man walked carefully holding the wall for fear of falling.

zài
bīng
miàn
shàng
huá
le
xià
 
chà
diǎn
zāi
dǎo
 

I slipped on the ice and almost fell over.