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眨

zhǎ
verb #8,316

Meanings

  1. 1 to blink; to wink

Examples

她对我眨了眨眼睛。
Tā duì wǒ zhǎ le zhǎ yǎnjīng.
She blinked/winked at me.
一眨眼的功夫，他就不见了。
Yīzhǎyǎn de gōngfu, tā jiù bújiàn le.
In the blink of an eye, he disappeared.
他盯着屏幕看，眼睛都不眨一下。
Tā dīngzhe píngmù kàn, yǎnjīng dōu bù zhǎ yīxià.
He stared at the screen without blinking.

Tips

memory
The radical 目 (eye) on the left tells you this is about eyes. 乏 on the right gives the sound. Eye + blink.
usage
眨眼 (zhǎyǎn) is the most common compound. 一眨眼 means 'in the blink of an eye' — extremely fast.

Stroke Order

眨 zhǎ