砟 (zhǎ) — (bound morpheme) chip, fragment (of coal or rock)
Definition
砟 (zhǎ) is a bound morpheme meaning the small fragments or cinders left over from burning coal. It only appears attached to 煤 (煤砟 = coal cinders) and never stands alone.
bound form
(bound morpheme) chipfragment (of coal or rock)
Easily confused
- 昨zuólook-alike(bound form) yesterday; the past
- 眨zhǎsound-aliketo blink; to wink
- 作zuōlook-alike(colloquial) to act up, to make trouble, to be fussy or high-maintenance
- 诈zhàlook-aliketo swindle, to cheat, to defraud
- 咋zǎlook-alike(bound form, colloquial Northern Mandarin) how; why
- 炸zhàlook-aliketo explode, to burst, to blow up
Examples
- 砟。Lú zi lǐ yǒu hěn duō méi zhǎ.There are a lot of coal cinders in the stove.
- 砟。Tā bǎ méi zhǎ dào jìn le lā jī tǒng.He dumped the coal slag into the trash can.
- 砟。Dì shàng sā le yì xiē méi zhǎ.Some coal fragments were scattered on the ground.
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