插
HSK 5freq #2875
Meanings
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- 1.to insert
- 2.stick in
- 3.pierce
- 4.to take part in
- 5.to interfere
- 6.to interpose
- 1.old variant of 插[chā]
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Wiktionary
- 1.to stick into; to insert; to poke; to pierce
- 2.to interpose; to insert; to cut in
- 3.to participate; to take part in; to mix; to mingle
- 4.to plant
- 5.to scold; to criticize
- 6.to take notice of; to pay attention to; to heed
- 7.to support someone by the armpit
- 8.to interfere; to intervene; to meddle
- 9.to pin something to one's waist, etc.
- 10.to mix up; to jumble up
- 11.to shuffle
- 12.to bet; to wager
- 13.to kidnap (for ransom)
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Etymology
Compare perhaps Burmese စွပ် (cwap, “to put on socks”) (Luce, 1981).
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Stroke order
Components
Components from cjk-decomp · MIT
Example sentences
我插不上話。
I can't get a word in.
他把手插進口袋裡。
He put his hands in his pockets.
給這本書畫插畫的畫家很好。
The artist who illustrated this book is very good.
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Synonyms
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Derived terms
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Related words
插手 to get involved in插图 illustration插嘴 to interrupt (sb talking)插锁 bolt-action lock (sliding bolt mechanism, surface or mortise-mounted)插播 to interrupt (a radio or TV program) with a commercial insert, breaking news etc插管 (medicine) to intubate插值 interpolation (math.)叶插 to propagate from leaf cuttings重插 to replug插曲 music played during a movie, play etc插队 to cut in line插槽 slot