to put up; to build (scaffolding); to hang (clothes on a pole)

Watch it being written

Every character draws itself, stroke by stroke. Then grab the brush: trace it yourself and hear the word when you finish.

Build with these blocks

Chinese words snap together like bricks. Every word below shares a character with this one, so you are already halfway to knowing it.

See it in sentences

把衣服搭在椅子上。

Drape the clothes over the chair.

他们搭了一座桥。

They built a bridge.