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捶

chuí

Character

What 捶 means

1. to beat (with a stick or one's fist); to thump; to pound

Other readings

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

• chuívariant of {捶|chuí}

Words starting with 捶

• 捶打chuí dǎto beat; to pound; to thump
• 捶子chuí zidrum stick; bass drum mallet
• 捶击chuí jīto beat; to thump
• 捶背chuí bèito massage sb's back by pounding it lightly with one's fists
• 捶胸chuí xiōngto beat one's chest
• 捶胸顿足chuí xiōng dùn zú(idiom) to beat one's chest and stamp one's feet (in sorrow, anguish etc)

Words containing 捶

• 跌脚捶胸diē jiǎo chuí xiōnglit. stamping and beating the chest (idiom); fig. angry or stressed about sth
• 三皇炮捶sān huáng pào chuíPao Chui (Chinese martial art)

Characters built on 垂

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

• 睡shuìto sleep; to lie down
• 锤chuíhammer; to hammer into shape; weight (e.g. of a steelyard or balance)
• 陲chuífrontier
• 棰chuíto flog; whip

Characters that look like 捶

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

• 插chāto insert; stick in; pierce
• 掩yǎnto cover up; to conceal; to close (a door, book etc)…
• 桶tǒngbucket; (trash) can; barrel (of oil etc)
• 捂wǔto enclose; to cover with the hand (one's eyes, nose or ears); to cover up (an affair)
• 捅tǒngto poke; to jab; to give (sb) a nudge; to prod; to disclose; to reveal
• 搔sāoto scratch; old variant of 骚

Sounds the same

Read chuí, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 垂to hang (down); droop; dangle
• 锤hammer; to hammer into shape; weight (e.g. of a steelyard or balance)
• 椎hammer; mallet (variant of 槌; variant of 捶
• 槌mallet; pestle; beetle (for wedging or ramming)
• 棰to flog; whip
• 陲frontier
• 圌name of a mountain
• 腄callus on the hand or foot; upper leg bone of horse or bird; buttocks
• 埀old variant of 垂