# 扎根 (zhāgēn)

In Mandarin Chinese, 扎根 (zhāgēn) means “to take root; to establish a base”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to take root; to establish a base
- Pinyin: zhāgēn (zha1 gen1)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 她毕业后在农村扎根。
  Tā bìyè hòu zài nóngcūn zhāgēn.
  After graduating, she took root in the countryside.

## Characters

- [扎](https://hanziro.com/word/zha-prick/) (zhā): to prick; to stick into
- [根](https://hanziro.com/word/gen-root/) (gēn): root; basis

https://hanziro.com/word/zha-gen-take-root/

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