day 183hold, tie and wrap

hold, tie and wrap

Talk about practical jobs with your hands: stack, fold, tie, wrap, nail, pour and spill, and recycle 打 “from” and the prepositions 当着 and 就.

today’s words

• 持 chí · to hold; to maintain
• 搁 gē · to put, leave (somewhere)
• 放置 fàngzhì · to place, put
• 置 zhì · to place, set
• 揣 chuāi · to tuck (into clothing)
• 捎 shāo · to take or bring (for someone)
• 码 mǎ · to stack, pile up neatly
• 叠 dié · to fold; to pile up
• 折叠 zhédié · to fold; folding
• 捆 kǔn · to tie up, bundle
• 绑 bǎng · to tie, bind
• 拴 shuān · to tie (to a post), tether
• 缠 chán · to wind, twine; to pester
• 缠绕 chánrào · to wind round, coil
• 绞 jiǎo · to twist, wring
• 裹 guǒ · to wrap, bind
• 勒 lēi · to tie tight, strap
• 绷 bēng · to stretch tight, tense
• 钉 dìng · to nail, sew on
• 镶 xiāng · to inlay, set
• 拼接 pīnjiē · to piece together, splice
• 切割 qiēgē · to cut (apart)
• 筛 shāi · to sift, sieve; sieve
• 淘 táo · to wash in a pan (rice, beans)
• 捞 lāo · to fish out, scoop up
• 涂 tú · to smear, paint
• 抹 mǒ · to smear, wipe
• 沾 zhān · to be stained with, touch
• 溅 jiàn · to splash
• 淌 tǎng · to drip, trickle, flow
• 溢 yì · to overflow
• 灌 guàn · to fill, pour into
• 注 zhù · to pour (into); note
• 埋藏 máicáng · to lie hidden, bury

sentences

• 打明天下午起，礼堂就归辩论社用了。 · From tomorrow afternoon, the hall belongs to the debate club.
• 把椅子码整齐。 · Stack the chairs neatly.
• 把横幅绑在柱子上。 · Tie the banner to the pillar.
• 小心，别把水溅到桌子上。 · Careful: don’t splash water on the table.
• 他把稿子揣在口袋里。 · He tucked the speech into his pocket.