Hanzi

杖

a staff/a rod/cane/walking stick/to flog with a stick (old)

Hanzi

Grade

Grade 8

Pinyin

zhàng

Bopomofo

ㄓㄤˋ

Jyutping

zoeng6

Example sentences

杖 zhàng
老人手裡拿著一根木杖。
老人手里拿著一根木杖。

The old man is holding a wooden cane in his hand.

拄 zhǔ
老人拄著拐杖慢慢地走著。

The old man walked slowly, leaning on a cane.

Example Vocabulary

杖

zhang4

cane; walking stick

手杖

shou3'zhang4

拐杖

權杖

quan2'zhang4

擀面杖

魔杖

mo2'zhang4

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