jié zā

Traditional: 結紮

结扎 (jié zā) is a Chinese word meaning “to tie up; to bind up; (medicine) to ligate”.

Meanings

  1. 1to tie up
  2. 2to bind up
  3. 3(medicine) to ligate
  4. 4(of a male) to have a vasectomy (ligation of the vasa deferentia)
  5. 5(of a female) to have one's tubes tied (tubal ligation)

Characters in 结扎

结jiē · (of a plant) to produce (fruit or seeds)扎zhā · to prick

Related words

结束termination结果to bear fruit结果outcome; result; consequence结婚to marry; to get married结(of a plant) to produce (fruit or seeds)结knot结局conclusion扎to prick扎used in 掙扎|挣扎[zheng1 zha2]扎to tie扎(of troops) to be stationed (at)扎variant of 紮|扎[za1]

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