着

In Mandarin Chinese, 着 (zhe) means “(particle) ongoing action”. It is part of the HSK 1 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

Meaning

1. (particle) ongoing action

Other readings: zháo — to touch; to come in contact with · zhuó — to wear (clothes); to contact · zhāo — a move in chess (Taiwan pr. [zhuo2]); trick; tactic