zhā

渣

Character · Noun

dregs; crumbs; surname

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Meanings

3 senses · 12 examples
1.

noun

dregs; sediment; leftover bits

Often used with the neutral suffix 儿 to form colloquial terms, refers to solid waste remaining after extraction or processing.

Bǎ把
yóu油
tiáo条
de的
yóu油
zhār渣
dào儿
qù倒
wèi去
jī喂
 鸡
 。

Pour the fried dough dregs to feed the chickens.

Dòu豆
fu腐
zhār渣
kě儿
yǐ可
zuò以
chéng做
měi成
wèi美
de味
xiǎo的
chī小
 吃
 。

Tofu dregs can be made into delicious snacks.

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Hē喝
wán完
zhōng中
yào药
hòu后
 ,
tā他
bǎ把
yào药
zhār渣
dǎo儿
diào倒
le掉
 了
 。

After drinking the traditional Chinese medicine, he threw away the dregs.

Zhè这
zhǒng种
pú葡
táo萄
jiǔ酒
méi没
yǒu有
cán残
liú留
de的
jiǔ酒
zhā渣
 。

This kind of wine has no leftover wine dregs.

Gōng工
yè业
shēng生
chǎn产
huì会
chǎn产
shēng生
dà大
liàng量
de的
gōng工
yè业
zhā渣
 。

Industrial production produces a large amount of industrial dregs.

2.

noun

crumbs; fragments; small bits

Used for small broken pieces of food or other solid materials, often paired with the suffix 儿 in daily speech.

Zhuō桌
zi子
shàng上
diào掉
le了
hěn很
duō多
miàn面
bāo包
zhār渣
 儿
 。

There are lots of bread crumbs on the table.

Bǐng饼
gān干
chī吃
wán完
hòu后
 ,
hé盒
zi子
lǐ里
shèng剩
xià下
yī一
xiē些
bǐng饼
gān干
zhār渣
 儿
 。

After finishing the cookies, some crumbs are left in the box.

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Dǎ打
sǎo扫
wèi卫
shēng生
shí时
 ,
tā他
bǎ把
dì地
shàng上
de的
bǐng饼
gān干
zhār渣
sǎo儿
gān扫
jìng干
le净
 了
 。

While cleaning, he swept up the cookie crumbs off the floor.

Xiǎo小
māo猫
zhèng正
zài在
tiǎn舔
pán盘
zi子
lǐ里
de的
yú鱼
zhār渣
 儿
 。

The kitten is licking the fish crumbs on the plate.

Qǐng请
bù不
yào要
bǎ把
guā瓜
zi子
zhār渣
tǔ儿
zài吐
dì在
shàng地
 上
 。

Please don't spit melon seed crumbs on the floor.

3.

noun

surname Zhang/Zha

Used as a family name, capitalized when written in Chinese proper noun format.

Zhā渣
xiān先
shēng生
shì是
wǒ我
men们
gōng公
sī司
de的
xīn新
tóng同
shì事
 。

Mr. Zha is a new colleague at our company.

Wǒ我
yǒu有
yī一
gè个
péng朋
yǒu友
xìng姓
Zhā渣
 ,
jiào叫
Zhā渣
Míng明
 。

I have a friend with the surname Zha, named Zha Ming.