Dictionary › 戳

戳

chuō

Character

What 戳 means

1. to jab
2. to poke
3. to stab
4. colloquialto sprain
5. to blunt
6. to fuck (vulgar)
7. to stand
8. to stand (sth) upright
9. stamp
10. seal

Example sentences

• 她在他的背上戳了一下。
  Tā zài tā de bèi shàng chuō le yīxià.
  She stabbed him in the back.
• 汤姆用叉子戳我的手臂。
  Tom stuck a fork in my arm.
• 你的铅笔差点戳到我的眼睛了。
  Nǐ de qiānbǐ chàdiǎn chuō dào wǒ de yǎnjing le.
  You nearly poked me in the eye with your pencil.

Words starting with 戳

• 戳穿chuō chuānto puncture; to lay bear or expose (lies etc)
• 戳儿chuō rstamp; seal
• 戳咕chuō gūto stir up behind sb's back; to incite secretly
• 戳子chuō zistamp; seal
• 戳搭chuō dāto knock; to jab
• 戳破chuō pòto puncture; to pierce; (fig.) to destroy (the facade concealing an unpleasant reality)
• 戳祸chuō huòto stir up trouble
• 戳记chuō jìstamp; seal
• 戳不住chuō bu zhùnot up to it; cannot stand the test
• 戳份儿chuō fèn rto flaunt
• 戳个儿chuō gè rphysique
• 戳刺感chuō cì gǎnpins and needles (in muscle); paresthesia
• 戳壁脚chuō bì jiǎoto criticize behind sb's back; back-biting
• 戳得住chuō de zhùup to it; can stand the test
• 戳痛点chuō tòng diǎnto touch a nerve
• 戳脊梁chuō jǐ liangto criticize behind sb's back; back-biting
• 戳心灌髓chuō xīn guàn suǐ(idiom) to strike at one's core; to deeply hurt sb
• 戳穿试验chuō chuān shì yànpuncture test
• 戳脊梁骨chuō jǐ liang gǔto criticize behind sb's back; back-biting

Words containing 戳

• 邮戳yóu chuōpostmark
• 刺戳cì chuōto stab; to pierce
• 日戳rì chuōdate stamp
• 时戳shí chuōtimestamp
• 时间戳shí jiān chuōtimestamp
• 暗戳戳àn chuō chuō(colloquial) low-key; subtle; unobtrusive

Characters built on 翟

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

• 擢zhuóto pull out; to select; to promote
• 濯zhuóto wash; to cleanse of evil

Characters that look like 戳

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

• 戴dàito put on or wear (glasses, hat, gloves etc); to respect; to bear
• 徽huībadge; emblem; insignia
• 攀pānto climb (by pulling oneself up); to implicate; to claim connections of higher status
• 朦méngused in 朦胧
• 簸bǒto winnow; to toss up and down
• 鞣róusuede; chamois; tannin

Sounds the same

Read chuō, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 踔to get ahead; to stride; to excel