zhà

to press

to extract (juice); device for extracting juice, oils etc

wood (木) + narrow-sounding (窄) = press and extract

木 grounds the meaning in wood — a wooden press used to squeeze out oil or juice. 窄 (narrow) gives the sound zhà and hints at the squeezing action, though its role here is primarily phonetic.

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NarrowPhonetic

她每天早上都会一杯橙汁喝。

tā měi tiān zǎo shang dōu huì zhà yī bēi chéng zhī hē。

She presses a glass of orange juice to drink every morning.

用这台机器出来的油很纯。

yòng zhè tái jī qì zhà chū lái de yóu hěn chún。

The oil extracted by this machine is very pure.

Words with 榨

拶榨

zā zhà

to exploit (a worker)

电子榨菜

diàn zǐ zhà cài

(slang) entertaining content such as Internet videos and TV shows that people watch while eating

压榨

yā zhà

to press

敲榨

qiāo zhà

to press (fruit)

榨取

zhà qǔ

to extract

榨汁机

zhà zhī jī

juicer

榨油

zhà yóu

to extract oil from vegetables

榨菜

zhà cài

hot pickled mustard tuber

榨酒池

zhà jiǔ chí

winepress

现榨

xiàn zhà

to extract (juice, oil etc) on the spot; freshly squeezed

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