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窄 zhǎi

narrow

Strokes
10
Level
HSK 5
Radical
穴
Type
Picto-phonetic
Made of 穴乍 ⿱穴乍

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  1. 这条街很窄。
    Zhè tiáo jiē hěn zhǎi.
    This street is very narrow.
    this (measure) street very narrow
  2. 这条路是不是太窄了？
    Zhè tiáo lù shì bu shì tài zhǎi le?
    Is this road too narrow?
    this (measure) road is not is too narrow (particle) (question)
  3. 请注意，前面的通道比较狭窄。
    Qǐng zhùyì, qiánmiàn de tōngdào bǐjiào xiázhǎi.
    Please be careful, the passage ahead is relatively narrow.
    please attention, front (particle) passage relatively narrow
  4. 这个房间不窄，很宽敞。
    Zhège fángjiān bù zhǎi, hěn kuānchang.
    This room isn't narrow, it's quite spacious.
    this room not narrow, very spacious
  5. 在老城区，很多小巷都很狭窄。
    Zài lǎo chéngqū, hěn duō xiǎoxiàng dōu hěn xiázhǎi.
    In the old city district, many alleys are very narrow.
    at old city-district, very many small-lane all very narrow

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