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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
yù | yu4
English translation
see 葷粥
>荤粥 Xūn yù [Xūn yù]
Pīnyīn Pronunciation
zhōu | zhou1
English translation
congee
gruel
porridge
CL: wǎn [wǎn]
porridge, gruel, congee

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Number of strokes

12

Traditional form

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

Steaming gōng  rice 

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

弓米弓

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赤小豆 chì xiǎo dòu 熬成 de yòu xiāng yòu tián .

Porridge made of red beans is both savory and sweet.

我们 wǒmen 早餐 zǎo cān chī de shì 麦片 mài piàn .

We had gruel for the breakfast.

Huán 温和 wēnhé ne .

The porredge is still warm.

tài le .

This gruel is too thin.

hěn chóu .

The porridge is very thick.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
congee
一锅粥 yī guō zhōu (lit.) a pot of porridge一鍋粥
粥样硬化 zhōu yàng yìng huà atherosclerosis粥樣硬化
稀粥 xī zhōu water gruel稀粥 xī zhōu
腊八粥 là bā zhōu Laba congee, ceremonial rice porridge dish eaten on the 8th day of the 12th month in the Chinese calendar臘八粥
僧多粥少 sēng duō zhōu shǎo fig. not enough to go around僧多粥少 sēng duō zhōu shǎo
八宝粥 bā bǎo zhōu rice congee made with red beans, lotus seeds, longan, red dates, nuts etc八寶粥
米粥 mǐ zhōu congee米粥 mǐ zhōu
粥少僧多 zhōu shǎo sēng duō fig. not enough to go around粥少僧多 zhōu shǎo sēng duō

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