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榨

HSK 7-9Character · Verb · NounTraditional搾

press juice; press; surname

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Meanings

3 senses · 12 examples
1.

verb

to press; to extract juice

Used for squeezing liquid from solid materials like fruits, seeds, or sugar cane.

Wǒ我
men们
yòng用
huā花
shēng生
zhà榨
yóu油
 。

We press oil from peanuts.

Tā他
měi每
tiān天
dōu都
huì会
zhà榨
yī一
bēi杯
gān甘
zhè蔗
zhī汁
dāng当
zǎo早
cān餐
 。

He always squeezes a cup of sugar cane juice for breakfast.

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Gōng工
rén人
zhèng正
zài在
zhà榨
qǔ取
tián甜
cài菜
zhōng中
de的
táng糖
fèn分
 。

Workers are extracting sugar from sugar beets.

Bù不
yào要
zhà榨
gān干
zhè这
gè个
chéng橙
zi子
de的
suǒ所
yǒu有
zhī汁
yè液
 。

Don't squeeze every last drop of juice out of this orange.

Zhè这
zhǒng种
jī机
qì器
kě可
yǐ以
kuài快
sù速
zhà榨
chū出
guǒ果
zhī汁
 。

This machine can quickly squeeze fruit juice.

2.

noun

press; juice extractor

Refers to mechanical or manual tools used to extract liquid from materials.

Zhè这
jiā家
yóu油
fāng坊
de的
yóu油
zhà榨
yǐ已
jīng经
yòng用
le了
sān三
shí十
nián年
 。

The oil press in this workshop has been used for 30 years.

Wǒ我
xīn新
mǎi买
le了
yī一
gè个
shǒu手
dòng动
zhà榨
zhī汁
zhà榨
 。

I bought a new manual juice press.

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Lǎo老
shì式
jiǔ酒
zhà榨
néng能
bǎo保
liú留
gèng更
duō多
jiǔ酒
xiāng香
 。

Old-fashioned wine presses retain more wine aroma.

Zhè这
gè个
zhà榨
de的
chū出
zhī汁
lǜ率
hěn很
gāo高
 。

This press has a high juice yield.

Tā她
bǎ把
chéng橙
zi子
fàng放
jìn进
zhà榨
lǐ里
kāi开
shǐ始
zhà榨
zhī汁
 。

She put the orange into the press and started squeezing juice.

3.

noun

surname Zha

A rare Chinese family name.

Zhà榨
xiān先
sheng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
zú在
pǔ族
lǐ谱
zhǎo里
dào找
le到
zhà了
xìng榨
de姓
qǐ的
yuán起
jì源
zǎi记
 载
 。

I found records of the origin of the Zha surname in my family tree.