戳

To jab in Chinese: 戳 (chuō)

chuō

to jab

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-91 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1to jab
  2. 2to poke
  3. 3to stab
  4. 4(coll.) to sprain
  5. 5to blunt
  6. 6to fuck (vulgar)
  7. 7to stand
  8. 8to stand (sth) upright
  9. 9stamp
  10. 10seal

Stroke order

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戳

Zhuyin

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ㄔㄨㄛ

chuō

ㄔ/ chㄨ/ uㄛ/ o—/ first tone

Example sentences

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  • 他用手指戳了戳我的胳膊。

    tā yòng shǒu zhǐ chuō le chuō wǒ de gē bo。

    He poked my arm with his finger.

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Related words

绰号

chuò hào

nickname

瓷

cí

chinaware

瓷器

cí qì

chinaware

慈善

cí shàn

benevolent

慈祥

cí xiáng

kindly

辞

cí

to resign

辞呈

cí chéng

(written) resignation

辞去

cí qù

to resign

辞退

cí tuì

to dismiss

磁卡

cí kǎ

magnetic card

磁盘

cí pán

(computer) disk

此起彼伏

cǐ qǐ bǐ fú

up here, down there (idiom)

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HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9 vocabulary list

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