桩

zhuāng

stake, post; affair, matter

How to write 桩, stroke by stroke

stump; stake; pile; classifier for events, cases, transactions, affairs etc

Pictophonetic: semantic 木 (wood), phonetic 庄

Made of 木 + 庄

木桩mù zhuāngwooden pile; stake
树桩shù zhuāngtree stump
小事一桩xiǎo shì yī zhuāngtrivial matter; a piece of cake
基桩jī zhuāngfoundation piles
打桩dǎ zhuāngto drive piles into
打桩机dǎ zhuāng jīpile driver (machinery)
暗桩àn zhuāngsubmerged piles installed to prevent the passage of boats; (fig.) informer; spy
板桩bǎn zhuāngsheet pile
桩脚zhuāng jiǎopier foundation (architecture); (Tw) politically influential figure enlisted to support one side in an election
标桩biāo zhuāng(marking) stake
界桩jiè zhuāngboundary marker; boundary post; boundary pillar
绑桩bǎng zhuāng(Tw) to buy off influential people (in an election, a call for tenders etc)

毫无疑问，我们正在调查一桩命案。
háo wú yí wèn ， wǒ men zhèng zài diào chá yì zhuāng mìng àn 。
Make no mistake, we're looking at a homicide case.
私家侦探们受雇调查这桩奇怪的案件。
sī jiā zhēn tàn men shòu gù diào chá zhè zhuāng qí guài de àn jiàn 。
Private detectives were hired to look into the strange case.