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茁壮 (zhuó zhuàng) — healthy and strong; sturdy

Definition

Used almost only for growth — children, plants, crops, teams growing strong. 强壮 and 健壮 describe a body's existing strength; 茁壮 is the process of becoming strong.

adjective
healthy and strongsturdy

Examples

  • ，茁壮。
    Chūn tiān lái le, dì lǐ de zhuāng jia cháng dé zhēn zhuó zhuàng.
    Spring has come, the crops in the field are growing really strong.
  • 茁壮，。
    Zhè kē xiǎo shù miáo zhuó zhuàng chéng zhǎng, xiàn zài yǐ jīng bǐ wǒ gāo le.
    This little sapling is growing strong, now it's taller than me.
  • 茁壮。
    Jiān chí duàn liàn néng ràng shēn tǐ zhuó zhuàng yǒu lì.
    Persisting in exercise can make the body strong and powerful.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéCoordinate

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

茁zhuósprout vigorously
壮zhuàngstrong

茁 means 'sprout vigorously' and 壮 means 'strong', together describing healthy, sturdy growth.

Characters in this word

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 壯; 壮 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
士士shì
Sound part声符shēngfú
爿
爿pán壯zhuàng
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 壯 uses 士 to hint at the meaning and 爿 for the sound; the simplified 壮 is a later abbreviation.

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