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cuò Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
cuò | cuo4
English translation
to handle
to manage
to put in order
to arrange
to administer
to execute
to take action on
to plan
to arrange; to execute on; to manage

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About cuò

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Number of strokes

11

Traditional form

cuò

Contains the radical

shǒu

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

hand

Etymology of cuò

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

扌昔

Semantic compound

shǒu

Phonetic compound

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. shǒu represents the meaning and represents the sound.

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Example sentences using cuò

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yǐn Guò de 种种 zhǒng zhǒng 传说 chuánshuō ,一层 yī céng 一节 dōu 起来 qǐlai le ,越发 yuè fā Líng 觉得 juéde Zhāng huáng 失措 shī cuò .

The stories I had heard were coming back in disconcerting detail.

我们 wǒmen 采取 cǎiqǔ 什么 shénme 措施 cuòshī 抓住 zhuā zhù 那个 nà ge zéi ?

What measures shall we take to find out the thief?

新政 xīn zhèng shì 富兰克林 Fù lán kè lín -D-罗斯福 Luó sī fú 总统 zǒngtǒng 采取 cǎiqǔ de 应急 yìng jí 措施 cuòshī .

The New Deal was President Franklin D. Roosevelt's attempt to alleviate the emergency.

zhè 会面 huì miàn chú 瞎说 xiā shuō 一通手足无措 shǒu zú wú cuò 之外 zhī wài ,毫无 háowú 所获.

Nothing came of all this but chatter and bewilderment.

当局 dāng jú 采取措施 cǎi qǔ cuò shī 使 shǐ 物价 wù jià 全面 quánmiàn huí jiàng .

The authorities took measures to roll commodity price back.

Words with cuò

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
措施 cuòshī measure措施 cuòshī
不知所措 bù zhī suǒ cuò embarrassed and at a complete loss不知所措 bù zhī suǒ cuò
举措 jǔ cuò to move舉措
惊慌失措 jīng huāng shī cuò to lose one's head out of fear (idiom)驚慌失措
措辞 cuò cí wording措辭
措手不及 cuò shǒu bù jí no time to deal with it (idiom); caught unprepared措手不及 cuò shǒu bù jí
手足无措 shǒu zú wú cuò at a loss to know what to do (idiom); bewildered手足無措
筹措 chóu cuò to raise (money)籌措
cuò to handle cuò
失措 shī cuò to be at a loss失措 shī cuò
措词 cuò cí wording措詞
无措 wú cuò helpless無措
惊惶失措 jīng huáng shī cuò to lose one's head out of fear (idiom)驚惶失措
茫然失措 máng rán shī cuò at a loss (idiom)茫然失措 máng rán shī cuò
措置 cuò zhì to handle措置 cuò zhì
措手 cuò shǒu to deal with措手 cuò shǒu
张皇失措 zhāng huáng shī cuò panic-stricken (idiom)張皇失措
仓皇失措 cāng huáng shī cuò flustered倉皇失措
措勤 Cuò qín Coqen county in Ngari prefecture, Tibet, Tibetan: Mtsho chen rdzong措勤 Cuò qín
措美县 Cuò měi xiàn Comai county, Tibetan: Mtsho smad rdzong, in Lhokha prefecture 山南地區|山南地区 Shān nán dì qū [Shān​nán​dì​qū], Tibet措美縣
措勤县 Cuò qín xiàn Coqen county in Ngari prefecture, Tibet, Tibetan: Mtsho chen rdzong措勤縣
措美 Cuò měi Comai county, Tibetan: Mtsho smad rdzong, in Lhokha prefecture 山南地區|山南地区 Shān nán dì qū [Shān​nán​dì​qū], Tibet措美 Cuò měi
措办 cuò bàn to plan措辦

cuò Decomposition & Compounds

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cuò Decomposition

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cuò Compounds

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