zhǎi

HSK 7-9
common
adjective

Meaning of

窄 means narrow; small in width; petty; narrow-minded. Pronounced zhǎi. HSK 7-9.

  • narrow; small in width
  • petty; narrow-minded
  • tight; not well-off

Character Info

Radical
Strokes10
Components

Stroke Order

Definitions & Examples

Zhè
tiáo
tòng
hěn
zhǎi
 
zhǐ
néng
róng
rén
tōng
guò
 

This alley is very narrow, only one person can pass through at a time.

jiā
zhù
zài
tiáo
xiá
zhǎi
de
xiǎo
xiàng
 

His family lives in a narrow alley.

Zhè
tiáo
tài
zhǎi
le
 
róng
chē
 

This road is too narrow and easily gets congested.

Zhè
ge
shū
jià
de
fèng
tài
zhǎi
 
fàng
xià
zhè
běn
hòu
shū
 

The gap of this bookshelf is too narrow to fit this thick book.

Zhè
tiáo
zhǎi
qiáo
zhǐ
néng
dān
xiàng
tōng
xíng
 

This narrow bridge only allows one-way traffic.