zāi
栽 (zāi) is a Chinese word meaning “to plant; to grow; to insert; to erect (e.g. a bus stop sign); to impose sth on sb”.
Meanings
- 1to plant; to grow
- 2to insert; to erect (e.g. a bus stop sign)
- 3to impose sth on sb
- 4to stumble; to fall down
- Part of speech
- verb
Related words
栽赃to frame sb (by planting sth on them)盆栽to grow (a plant) in a pot栽培to grow栽种to plant栽跟头to fall head over heels栽倒to take a fall移栽to transplant (horticulture, agriculture)一头栽进to plunge into倒栽葱to fall headlong前人栽树，后人乘凉to enjoy the benefits of the hard work of one's predecessors. (idiom)地栽to grow in open ground (as opposed to pot cultivation 盆栽[pen2 zai1])多栽花少栽刺talk nicely and avoid disputes