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仇

chóu

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 character level 7-9 Character

仇 (chóu) means "surname Qiu; hatred; animosity". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 仇 means

1. hatred
2. animosity
3. enmity
4. foe
5. enemy
6. to feel animosity toward (the wealthy, foreigners etc)

Other readings

仇 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• qiúspouse; companion
• Qiúsurname Qiu
• chóuvariant of {仇|chóu}
• chóuvariant of {仇|chóu}

Example sentences

• 他们是仇敌。
  Tāmen shì chóudí.
  They are bitter enemies.
• 汤姆想报仇。
  Tom wanted revenge.
• 人们需要止住仇恨。
  Rénmen xūyào zhǐ zhù chóuhèn.
  People need to stop hating.
• 他为他父亲的死报仇。
  Tā wèi tā fùqīn de sǐ bàochóu.
  He avenged his father's death.
• 仇恨言论会煽动私刑。
  Hate speech incites lynchings.
• 他为死去父报了仇杀他。
  He killed him to avenge his dead father.

Words starting with 仇

• 仇恨chóu hènto hate; hatred; enmity
• 仇人chóu rénfoe; one's personal enemy
• 仇视chóu shìto view sb as an enemy; to be hateful towards
• 仇敌chóu díenemy
• 仇外chóu wàito feel animosity toward foreigners or outsiders; xenophobia
• 仇家chóu jiāenemy; foe
• 仇富chóu fùto hate the rich
• 仇杀chóu shāto kill in revenge
• 仇外心理chóu wài xīn lǐxenophobia
• 仇恨罪chóu hèn zuìhate crime
• 仇恨罪行chóu hèn zuì xínghate crime
• 仇怨chóu yuànhatred and desire for revenge
• 仇隙chóu xìfeud; bitter quarrel
• 仇雠chóu chóu(literary) enemy; foe
• 仇人相见，分外眼红chóu rén xiāng jiàn , fèn wài yǎn hóngwhen the enemies come face to face, their eyes blaze with hatred (idiom)

Words containing 仇

• 报仇bào chóuto take revenge; to avenge
• 复仇fù chóuto avenge; vengeance
• 恩仇ēn chóudebt of gratitude coupled with duty to avenge
• 记仇jì chóuto hold a grudge
• 世仇shì chóufeud
• 宿仇sù chóufeud; vendetta; old foe
• 寻仇xún chóuto carry out a vendetta against sb
• 私仇sī chóupersonal grudge
• 结仇jié chóuto start a feud; to become enemies
• 公报私仇gōng bào sī chóuto use public office to avenge private wrongs
• 反目成仇fǎn mù chéng chóu(idiom) to fall out with sb; to become enemies
• 官报私仇guān bào sī chóuto take advantage of official post for personal revenge (idiom)
• 恩将仇报ēn jiāng chóu bàoto bite the hand that feeds one (idiom)
• 苦大仇深kǔ dà chóu shēn(idiom) great bitterness and deep hatred; deeply ingrained long-standing resentment
• 血亲复仇xuè qīn fù chóublood vengeance
• 切骨之仇qiè gǔ zhī chóubitter hatred; hatred that cuts to the bone
• 拉仇恨lā chóu hèn(gaming) to draw attention or attacks from the enemy towards oneself…
• 报仇雪恨bào chóu xuě hènto take revenge and wipe out a grudge (idiom)
• 新仇旧恨xīn chóu jiù hèn(idiom) old and new grudges; accumulated grievances
• 深仇大恨shēn chóu dà hèn(idiom) bitter hatred
• 报仇雪耻bào chóu xuě chǐto take revenge and erase humiliation (idiom)
• 嫉恶如仇jí è rú chóu(idiom) to hate evil as one hates an enemy
• 冤仇yuān chóurancor; enmity; hatred resulting from grievances
• 视如寇仇shì rú kòu chóuto regard as an enemy

Characters that look like 仇

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 他tā(third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his…
• 仕shìto serve as an official; an official; the two chess pieces in Chinese chess guarding the…

Sounds the same

Read chóu, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 愁to worry about
• 绸(light) silk
• 筹chip (in gambling); token (for counting); ticket; to prepare; to plan; to raise (funds)…
• 酬to entertain; to repay; to return
• 畴arable fields; cultivated field; class
• 稠dense; crowded; thick
• 踌used in 踌躇
• 惆forlorn; vexed; disappointed
• 俦comrades; friends; companions
• 雠to collate; to proofread
• 鯈Leuciscus macropus
• 嬦(archaic) used in ladies' names

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• How characters are built from components.
• How to learn Chinese characters.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read chóu correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.