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宠

chǒng

HSK 5 Character Traditional 寵

What 宠 means

1. to love
2. to pamper
3. to spoil
4. to favor

Example sentences

• 你养宠物吗？
  Do you have any pets?
• 我的宠物生病了。
  Wǒ de chǒngwù shēngbìng le.
  My pet is sick.
• 我要一只宠老虎。
  I want a pet tiger.
• 我一直想养宠物。
  I've always wanted a pet.
• 她养各种不同的宠物。
  Tā yǎng gèzhǒng bùtóng de chǒngwù.
  She kept various kinds of pets.
• 她养一只鹦鹉作为宠物。
  Tā yǎng yī zhī yīngwǔ zuòwéi chǒngwù.
  She keeps a parrot as a pet.

Words starting with 宠

• 宠物chǒng wùhouse pet
• 宠爱chǒng àito dote on sb
• 宠儿chǒng érpet; favorite; darling
• 宠信chǒng xìnto dote on and trust
• 宠坏chǒng huàito spoil (a child etc)
• 宠幸chǒng xìng(old) (esp. of the Emperor) to show special favor towards
• 宠粉chǒng fěnto reward one's fans with special treatment
• 宠臣chǒng chénfavored minister
• 宠物门chǒng wù ménpet door; pet flap
• 宠擅专房chǒng shàn zhuān fángan especially favored concubine (idiom)
• 宠姬chǒng jīfavorite concubine
• 宠溺chǒng nìto spoil; to indulge
• 宠妾chǒng qièfavored concubine
• 宠妾灭妻chǒng qiè miè qīfavor the concubine and do away with the wife (idiom)…

Words containing 宠

• 受宠若惊shòu chǒng ruò jīngoverwhelmed by favor from superior (humble expr.)
• 哗众取宠huá zhòng qǔ chǒngsensationalism; vulgar claptrap to please the crowds; playing to the gallery
• 偏宠piān chǒngto favor; to prefer; to show favoritism
• 受宠shòu chǒngto receive favor (from superior); favored; pampered
• 失宠shī chǒngto lose favor; in disfavor; disgraced
• 得宠dé chǒngto be a favorite; favor
• 恩宠ēn chǒngspecial favor from a ruler; Emperor's generosity towards a favorite
• 新宠xīn chǒngcurrent favorite; the latest thing; darling (of the market or the media etc)
• 争宠zhēng chǒngto strive for favor
• 纳宠nà chǒngto take a concubine
• 丁宠家庭dīng chǒng jiā tíngdouble income family who have pets rather than children (see also 丁克
• 娇宠jiāo chǒngto indulge; to spoil

Characters built on 龙

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

• 笼lóngenclosing frame made of bamboo, wire etc; cage; basket; steamer basket
• 垄lǒngridge between fields; crop row; mounded soil forming a ridge in a field; grave mound
• 咙lóngused in 喉咙
• 聋lóngdeaf
• 拢lǒngto gather together; to collect; to approach; to draw near to; to add; to sum up
• 胧lóngused in 朦胧
• 龚Gōngsurname Gong
• 珑lóngtinkling of gem-pendants

Characters that look like 宠

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

• 里lǐlining; interior; inside
• 室shìroom; work unit; grave
• 岗gǎng(bound form) hillock; mound; sentry post; policeman's beat; (bound form) job; post
• 瓮wèngpottery container for water, wine etc
• 苤piěused in 苤蓝
• 茔yíng(literary) a grave