搁 gē
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 扌 — hand
- Made of
- 扌 hand 阁 cabinet, chamber, pavilion
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
搁置
gēzhì
to shelve; to set aside
Characters in this word
置 zhì
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 罒 — net, network
- Made of
- 罒 net, network 直 straight, vertical
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 政府决定搁置争议较大的条款，先推进各方都能接受的部分。 Zhèngfǔ juédìng gēzhì zhēngyì jiào dà de tiáokuǎn, xiān tuījìn gèfāng dōu néng jiēshòu de bùfen. The government decided to set aside the more controversial clauses and first advance the parts acceptable to all parties.
- 因为预算不够，新桥的计划被搁置了。 Yīnwèi yùsuàn bú gòu, xīn qiáo de jìhuà bèi gēzhì le. Because the budget was not enough, the plan for the new bridge was shelved.
- 我们先把分歧搁置起来，一起完成眼前的工作。 Wǒmen xiān bǎ fēnqí gēzhì qǐlái, yìqǐ wánchéng yǎnqián de gōngzuò. Let's set our differences aside first and finish the work in front of us together.
Related words
- 耽搁 dānge to delay; to hold up; to waste time
- 搁 gē to put; to place; to leave aside
- 搁浅 gēqiǎn to run aground; to be stranded; to stall
- 安置 ānzhì to settle; to arrange
- 布置 bùzhì to arrange; to assign
- 设置 shèzhì to set up; settings
- 位置 wèizhi position; place
- 装置 zhuāngzhì device
- 处置 chǔzhì to handle; to dispose of
- 放置 fàngzhì to place; to set; to put
- 难以置信 nányǐzhìxìn unbelievable; hard to believe
- 配置 pèizhì to allocate; to configure; configuration