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冲

chōng

HSK 5 Character Traditional 沖

What 冲 means

1. (of water) to dash against
2. to mix with water
3. to infuse
4. to rinse
5. to flush
6. to develop (a film)
7. to rise in the air
8. to clash
9. to collide with

Other readings

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

• chōngthoroughfare; to go straight ahead; to rush
• chòngpowerful; vigorous; pungent

Example sentences

• 冲啊！
  Charge!
• 我冲澡了。
  Wǒ chōngzǎo le.
  I showered.
• 你冲浪吗？
  Do you windsurf?
• 冲动是魔鬼。
  Chōngdòng shì móguǐ.
  Impulsiveness is the devil.
• 你缺乏冲劲。
  Nǐ quēfá chòngjìn.
  You don't have enough push.
• 别忘了冲厕。
  Don't forget to flush the toilet.

Words starting with 冲

• 冲突chōng tūconflict; to conflict; clash of opposing forces
• 冲动chōng dòngto have an urge; to be impetuous; impulse
• 冲击chōng jīto attack; to batter; (of waves) to pound against
• 冲进chōng jìnto rush in; to charge in
• 冲出chōng chūto rush out
• 冲刺chōng cì(sports) to sprint; to spurt; to dash; to put in a big effort to achieve a goal as the…
• 冲洗chōng xǐto rinse; to wash; (photography) to develop (film)
• 冲向chōng xiàngto charge into
• 冲破chōng pòbreakthrough; to overcome an obstacle quickly
• 冲天chōng tiān(lit. and fig.) to soar; to shoot upwards
• 冲锋chōng fēngto charge (at the enemy); to storm (an enemy position)
• 冲锋枪chōng fēng qiāngsubmachine gun
• 冲浪chōng làngto surf; surfing
• 冲撞chōng zhuàngto collide; jerking motion; to impinge
• 冲淡chōng dànto dilute
• 冲刷chōng shuāto cleanse; to scrub; to scour
• 冲泡chōng pàoto add water (or other liquid) to…
• 冲击力chōng jī lìforce of impact or thrust
• 冲入chōng rùto rush into; to break into
• 冲凉chōng liáng(dialect) to take a shower
• 冲走chōng zǒuto flush away
• 冲击波chōng jī bōshock wave; blast wave
• 冲绳Chōng shéngOkinawa (prefecture and island group in Japan)
• 冲锋陷阵chōng fēng xiàn zhèn(idiom) to charge into battle; (fig.) to be on the front lines

Words containing 冲

• 兴冲冲xìng chōng chōngfull of joy and expectations; animatedly
• 林冲Lín ChōngLin Chong, one of the Heroes of the Marsh in Water Margin
• 怒气冲冲nù qì chōng chōng(idiom) spitting anger; in a rage
• 缓冲huǎn chōngbuffer; to cushion; to adjust to sharp changes
• 首当其冲shǒu dāng qí chōngto bear the brunt
• 要冲yào chōngroad hub; major crossroad
• 横冲直撞héng chōng zhí zhuàng(idiom) to barge through, jostling and elbowing; to charge around; to rampage
• 俯冲fǔ chōngto dive down fast; to swoop down
• 气冲冲qì chōng chōngfurious; enraged
• 脉冲mài chōngpulse (physics)
• 怒发冲冠nù fà chōng guānlit. hair stands up in anger and tips off one's hat (idiom); fig. seething in anger…
• 反冲fǎn chōngrecoil (of a gun); to bounce back; backlash
• 回冲huí chōngbackwash
• 对冲duì chōnghedging (finance)
• 比冲bǐ chōng(rocketry) specific impulse
• 路冲lù chōng(feng shui) street layout in which the line of a road runs toward a house…
• 光冲量guāng chōng liàngradiant exposure
• 反冲力fǎn chōng lìbacklash; recoil; reactive force
• 小冲突xiǎo chōng tūskirmish; clash; dispute
• 性冲动xìng chōng dòngsex drive
• 利害冲突lì hài chōng tūconflict of interest
• 利益冲突lì yì chōng tūconflict of interest
• 地区冲突dì qū chōng tūlocal or regional confrontation
• 对冲基金duì chōng jī jīnhedge fund

Characters built on 中

These share the phonetic component 中 (zhōng), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 种zhǒngseed; species; kind
• 钟zhōnghandleless cup; goblet; (bound form) to concentrate (one's affection etc); variant of 钟
• 仲zhòngsecond month of a season; middle; intermediate
• 虫chónglower form of animal life, including insects, insect larvae, worms and similar creatures…
• 忠zhōngloyal; devoted; faithful
• 肿zhǒngto swell; swelling; swollen
• 衷zhōnginner feelings
• 忡chōnggrieved; distressed; sad

Characters that look like 冲

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

• 沣fēngrainy; place name in Shaanxi; Feng River in Shaanxi 陕西, tributary of Wei River 渭水

Sounds the same

Read chōng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 充sufficient; full; to fill; to serve as; to act as
• 涌(used in place names)
• 舂to pound (grain etc) with a mortar and pestle
• 忡grieved; distressed; sad
• 憧used in 憧憬; used in 憧憧
• 翀soar
• 㳘(literary) (of a mountain stream) to flow down; (onomatopoeia) sound of flowing water
• 憃foolish; stupid; dull; silly
• 艟used in 艨艟; Taiwan pr. tóng
• 摏variant of 舂