针
zhēn HSK4

needle

针 (針) zhēn frequency
needle noun
a small, slender pointed tool used for sewing, acupuncture, or as a pin

他在地毯上找一根掉落的针。

tā zài dì​tǎn shàng zhǎo yī gēn diào​luò de zhēn.

He is looking for a dropped needle on the carpet.

injection noun
a medical shot or treatment administered through a syringe

生病时打一针会好得快一些。

shēng​bìng shí dǎ yī zhēn huì hǎo de kuài yī​xiē.

Getting a shot will help you recover faster when you are sick.

stitch noun
a single loop of thread in sewing or the unit of closure in a surgical wound

由于伤口太深，医生给他缝了四针。

yóu​yú shāng​kǒu tài shēn, yī​shēng gěi tā féng le sì zhēn.

Because the wound was too deep, the doctor gave him four stitches.

针 (鍼) zhēn
needle noun
needle; variant of 针 zhēn

她把缝补衣服用的针插在布垫上，防止一不小心掉在地上。

tā bǎ féng​bǔ yī​fu yòng de zhēn chā zài bù​diàn shàng, fáng​zhǐ yī​bù​xiǎo​xīn diào zài dì​shang.

She stuck the sewing needle into a pincushion to prevent it from accidentally falling onto the floor.

Cross-References

Classifier

Has variant

Frequency
Character
Written text
1,116th most common 131.2 per million
Movie subtitles
1,241st most common 66.6 per million appears in 28% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
28.3 per million appears in 9% of films
Written text
34.9 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 4
HSK 3.0
Level 4
Traditional
針
Strokes
7
Unicode
U+9488

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