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啜

chuò

Character

What 啜 means

1. literaryto drink
2. to sip
3. to sob

Example sentences

• 汤姆在啜泣。
  Tāngmǔ zài chuòqì.
  Tom was sobbing.
• 他慢慢地啜饮热咖啡。
  Tā mànmàn de chuòyǐn rè kāfēi.
  He sipped the hot coffee slowly.
• 女孩在教室的角落啜泣。
  Nǚhái zài jiàoshì de jiǎoluò chuòqì.
  The girl was sobbing in the corner of the schoolroom.
• 我听到汤姆在低声啜泣。
  Wǒ tīngdào Tāngmǔ zài dīshēng chuòqì.
  I heard Tom sobbing.

Words starting with 啜

• 啜泣chuò qìto sob
• 啜饮chuò yǐnto sip

Characters built on 叕

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

• 辍chuòto stop (before completion); to cease; to suspend
• 掇duōto pick up; to collect; to gather up
• 裰duōto mend clothes
• 惙chuòmournful; uncertain

Characters that look like 啜

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

• 唱chàngto sing; to call loudly; to chant
• 喔ō(interjection) oh; I see (used to indicate realization, understanding)
• 狼lángwolf
• 啸xiào(of people) to whistle; (of birds and animals) to screech; to howl; to roar
• 琥hǔused in 琥珀
• 掇duōto pick up; to collect; to gather up

Sounds the same

Read chuò, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 绰(bound form) ample; spacious; (literary) graceful; used in 绰号
• 辍to stop (before completion); to cease; to suspend
• 龊used in 龌龊
• 婼recalcitrant
• 婥used in 婥约
• 辶to walk (side part of split character)
• 㲋ancient name for an animal similar to rabbit but bigger
• 歠(literary) to drink; to sip; gruel
• 畷raised path between fields
• 磭big lip
• 辵to walk (side part of split character)
• 醊pour libation on ground