叉
Character
fork; a tool with points that you use to eat food
Readings and meanings
- fork; a tool with points that you use to eat food
- to cross; to put one thing over another, like your arms or legs
- a mark like the letter X, meaning wrong
Examples
他用叉子叉了一块肉。
tā yòng chā zi chā le yí kuài ròu
He used a fork to pick up a piece of meat.
AI-generated sentence
老师给错的答案画了一个叉。
lǎo shī gěi cuò de dá àn huà le yí gè chā
The teacher drew a cross on the wrong answer.
AI-generated sentence
他叉着双臂站在门口。
tā chā zhe shuāng bì zhàn zài mén kǒu
He stood at the door with his arms crossed.
AI-generated sentence
chà
cha4Reading 2Rare readingThis reading is uncommon in everyday Chinese; the main reading is chā.
- used in 劈叉 (pǐ chà) CC-CEDICT
- used in 分叉 (fēn chà) CC-CEDICT
chá
cha2Reading 3Rare readingThis reading is uncommon in everyday Chinese; the main reading is chā.
- to cross CC-CEDICT
- be stuck CC-CEDICT
chǎ
cha3Reading 4Rare readingThis reading is uncommon in everyday Chinese; the main reading is chā.
- to diverge CC-CEDICT
- to open (as legs) CC-CEDICT
Stroke order
All 3 strokes
Speed
Practice writing 叉
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