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chǒu

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chǒu Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
chǒu | chou3
English translation
to see, to look at, to gaze at

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About chǒu

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Number of strokes

14

Traditional form

chǒu

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

eye

Etymology of chǒu

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

目秋

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

Qiū

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and Qiū represents the sound. Simplified form of .

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Example sentences using chǒu

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将军 Jiāngjūn 起初 qǐchū 愣愣 de duì 侯恩 chǒu le 半晌 bàn shǎng .

The General had looked at Hearn blankly.

头上 tóu shàng dài zhāo Hēi 头巾 tóu jīn de 老妇 rén Cóng 门廊 mén láng chǒu zhāo 我们 wǒmen .

Old women in black shawls peered at us from door - ways.

zài chǒu kōng 悄悄 qiāoqiāo 离开 líkāi .

He is watching for an opportunity of retiring quietly.

那个 nà ge 建筑工人 jiàn zhù gōng rén chǒu zhāo 好像 hǎoxiàng 对劲儿 duì jìn r 似的 shìde

The builder looked at me as though I was barking mad.

zài 下面 xià miàn de 架子 jià zi shǎng 瞅见 chǒu jiàn le 一本相册 xiàng cè

On a shelf beneath he spotted a photo album.

Words with chǒu

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
chǒu (dialect) to look at chǒu
瞅见 chǒu jiàn to see瞅見
不瞅不睬 bù chǒu bù cǎi to ignore completely不瞅不睬 bù chǒu bù cǎi

chǒu Decomposition & Compounds

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