(zhe) - progressive/continuous aspect marker in Mandarin
zheTraditional: 著
Translation
progressive/continuous aspect marker
Test yourself on 着
Three quick questions. No account needed.
Know this word? Create a free account to track it.
Word origin
着 (zhe), here the continuous aspect marker, derives from the character 著 (zhù/zhuó) 'to attach, to wear'. The graph contains the 艹 (grass) element over 者 (zhě) as phonetic; in modern simplified writing 着 split off as the aspectual reading.
- Origin
- phono-semantic compound
- Root
- 艹 (grass element) + 者 (zhě, phonetic); aspectual use from 著
Stroke order
着
Examples
。
She is wearing a red dress.
。
The door is open.
。
They talk as they walk.
。
He walked into the classroom smiling.
,。
The window is open, the wind blows in.
Where this fits
Appears in 6 words
Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 着.
Used in
Stories
(35)发错了
2 min read · Core 1000
小宇妈妈
2 min read · Core 1000
错过公交车
3 min read · Core 1000
小公园里的音乐
3 min read · Core 1000
看医生
3 min read · Core 1000
生日的惊喜
3 min read · Core 1000
下雨的下午
3 min read · Core 1000
今年回谁家?
3 min read · Core 1000
新工作的第一天
3 min read · Core 1000
一起做饭
3 min read · Core 1000
早上的市场
3 min read · Core 1000
老样子
4 min read · Core 1000
别人的信
5 min read · Core 5000
错过的火车
5 min read · Core 5000
火车晚了两个小时
5 min read · Core 5000
等了三年
5 min read · Core 5000
都变了
5 min read · Core 5000
山不见了
5 min read · Core 5000
后面的字
5 min read · Core 5000
今天不开门
5 min read · Core 5000
旧手机
5 min read · Core 5000
看场合
5 min read · Core 1000
最老的门
5 min read · Core 5000
楼上的声音
5 min read · Core 5000
那件事
5 min read · Core 5000
那两分呢?
5 min read · Core 5000
小芳的钥匙
5 min read · Core 5000
三天
5 min read · Core 5000
我老公找路
5 min read · Core 5000
欢迎再来
5 min read · Core 5000
被你发现了
5 min read · Core 5000
三条腿
5 min read · Core 5000
一直开
5 min read · Core 5000
中间的树
5 min read · Core 5000
走廊上的翻译
5 min read · Core 5000
Grammar articles
(9)Mandarin Aspect Markers: 了, 过, 在 and 着 Instead of Tense
Mandarin Grammar Cheatsheet: The Essentials, One Page
Mandarin Verb Conjugation: Why There Isn't Any
大家 (Everyone) and Reflexive 自己 (Oneself) in Mandarin
The Mandarin Particle 着 (zhe): States That Continue
There Is in Mandarin: 有, 来了一个人, 出现 and 发生
Mandarin Potential Complements: 听不懂, 吃不完, 买不起
Mandarin Rhetorical Questions: 难道, 不是...吗, 何必 and 岂不
Mandarin Sentence-Final Particles: 吧, 呢, 啊, 嘛 and 吗
Add to review queue
Track this word in your spaced-repetition queue and be tested on it at the right interval.
Meet this word in a story
Every course has graded stories written only with words you have been taught, plus grammar drills, a games arcade and printable worksheets. Chapters 1 and 2 are free.
Chapters 1 and 2 free, forever. Plus: 7 days free, then $5 a month for all eleven languages.
Mandarin · Free printables
着: worksheet, infographic and listicle
Free printable study downloads for the Mandarin word "着" (progressive/continuous aspect marker): a worksheet with the answer key built in, an infographic, and a sentence listicle. Open any one to view, print or save.
This word is taught in chapter 2, lesson 8: 着, 个, 看 and 7 more words.