扎[
❷紮、
❷紥]zhā

 ❶ （刺） prick; stab; run or stick (a needle, etc.) into: 手指给刺 ～ 痛了 get one's finger pricked by a thorn; 歹徒 ～ 死了一名无辜者。 The gangster stabbed an innocent person to death.
❷ （驻扎） station; quarter: 安营 ～ 寨 make camp; pitch a tent or camp; encamp; 把部队驻 ～ 在小山上 station the troops on a hill
❸ [方] （钻进去） get into; plunge into: 一头 ～ 到工作上 throw oneself into work; ～ 入水中 dive into the water; plunge into the water
另见 see also zā; zhá。
◆扎耳朵 [口] grate on the ear; be earpiercing; 扎根 take root; 扎花 [口] embroider; 扎猛子 [方] dive; 扎煞 [方] spread; stretch out; stand on end; 扎实 sturdy; strong; solid; sound; down-to-earth; 扎手 prick the hand difficult to handle; thorny; 扎眼 dazzling; offending to the eye; loud; garish; offensively conspicuous; 扎伊尔 Zaire; 扎营 pitch a tent or camp; encamp; 扎扎实实 (work) in a down-to-earth manner; in a down-to-earth way; in a well-grounded way; 扎针 {中医} give [have] an acupuncture treatment