栽
zāi HSK7

to cultivate

栽 zāi
plant verb
to plant or grow trees, vegetables, or other plants

我们在院子里栽了几棵苹果树。

wǒ​men zài yuàn​zi lǐ zāi le jǐ kē píng​guǒ​shù.

We planted several apple trees in the yard.

erect verb
to insert or set something upright into the ground, such as a pole or sign

工人们正在路边栽电线杆。

gōng​rén men zhèng​zài lù biān zāi diàn​xiàn​gān.

Workers are erecting utility poles along the side of the road.

frame verb
to force or impose something, such as blame or a crime, on someone else

你不能把这件坏事栽在我的头上。

nǐ bù néng bǎ zhè jiàn huài​shì zāi zài wǒ de tóu​shàng.

You cannot pin this misdeed on me.

stumble verb
to fall down headfirst or trip and lose one's footing

他不小心栽了一跤。

tā bù xiǎo​xīn zāi le yī jiāo.

He accidentally took a tumble.

Frequency
Character
Written text
2,401st most common 21.8 per million
Movie subtitles
2,612th most common 6.94 per million appears in 4% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
4.26 per million appears in 2% of films
Written text
11.7 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 6
HSK 3.0
Level 7
Strokes
10
Unicode
U+683D

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)