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table; desk; classifier for tables of guests at a banquet etc

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Components 卓木

table · Heisig RSH #224

木 tree + sun + magic wand

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
桌子	zhuō zi	table; desk; CL:張\|张[zhang1],套[tao4]
桌面儿上	zhuō miàn r shàng	on the table; fig. everything open and above board
酒桌文化	jiǔ zhuō wén huà	drinking culture
活动桌面	huó dòng zhuō miàn	active desktop
桌上型电脑	zhuō shàng xíng diàn nǎo	desktop computer
桌面儿	zhuō miàn r	erhua variant of 桌面[zhuo1 mian4]
台球桌	tái qiú zhuō	billiards table
桌上型	zhuō shàng xíng	desktop
圆桌会议	yuán zhuō huì yì	round table conference
小饭桌	xiǎo fàn zhuō	dining room for young schoolchildren unable to go home for lunch
餐桌转盘	cān zhuō zhuàn pán	revolving tray on a dining table; lazy Susan
办公桌	bàn gōng zhuō	office desk
桌机	zhuō jī	desktop computer
上桌	shàng zhuō	to place (food) on the table; to sit down to eat (at the dining table)
桌面	zhuō miàn	desktop; tabletop
桌布	zhuō bù	tablecloth; (Tw) (computing) background; wallpaper (of a desktop, phone etc)
八仙桌	bā xiān zhuō	old-fashioned square table to seat eight people
书桌	shū zhuō	desk; CL:張\|张[zhang1]
同桌	tóng zhuō	desk-mate; seat-mate
桌球	zhuō qiú	table tennis; table tennis ball (Tw); billiards; pool; snooker (HK, Singapore, Malaysia)