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措

cuò

HSK 5 Character

What 措 means

1. to handle
2. to manage
3. to put in order
4. to arrange
5. to administer
6. to execute
7. to take action on
8. to plan

Example sentences

• 汤姆不知所措。
  Tāngmǔ bùzhīsuǒcuò.
  Tom doesn't know what he should do.
• 非常时期需要非常措施。
  Fēicháng shíqī xūyào fēicháng cuòshī.
  Desperate times call for desperate measures.
• 你们采取什么措施避孕？
  Nǐmen cǎiqǔ shénme cuòshī bìyùn?
  What methods of contraception are you using?
• 昨天晚上，我惊慌失措。
  Zuótiān wǎnshang, wǒ jīnghuāngshīcuò.
  Last night, I fell into a panic.
• 广泛的安全措施实施了。
  Guǎngfàn de ānquáncuòshī shíshī le.
  Broad safety measures were put into effect.
• 我没有想要让你不知所措。
  I didn't mean to overwhelm you.

Words starting with 措

• 措施cuò shīmeasure; step
• 措手不及cuò shǒu bù jíno time to deal with it (idiom); caught unprepared
• 措辞cuò cíwording; way of expressing something; turn of phrase
• 措词cuò cíwording; way of expressing something; turn of phrase
• 措大cuò dàworthless scholar; useless wretch
• 措意cuò yìto pay attention to
• 措手cuò shǒuto deal with; to manage; to proceed
• 措举cuò jǔmove; measure; step (to some end)
• 措办cuò bànto plan; to administer
• 措置cuò zhìto handle; to arrange
• 措勤县Cuò qín XiànCoqên, a county in Ngari Prefecture 阿里地区
• 措美县Cuò měi XiànComai, a county in Shannan City 山南市
• 措辞强硬cuò cí qiáng yìngstrongly-worded
• 措置裕如cuò zhì yù rúto handle easily (idiom); effortless
• 措美Cuò měisee 措美县
• 措勤Cuò qínsee 措勤县

Words containing 措

• 不知所措bù zhī suǒ cuònot knowing what to do (idiom); at one's wits' end; embarrassed and at a complete loss
• 举措jǔ cuòmove; act; measure
• 手足无措shǒu zú wú cuòat a loss to know what to do (idiom); bewildered
• 惊慌失措jīng huāng shī cuòto lose one's head out of fear (idiom)
• 筹措chóu cuòto raise (money)
• 无措wú cuòhelpless
• 向巴平措Xiàng bā Píng cuòQiangba Puncog (1947-), chairman of the government of Tibet (i.e. governor) 2003-2010
• 安全措施ān quán cuò shīsafety measure; precaution; (colloquial; euphemism) contraception; protection
• 平权措施píng quán cuò shīaffirmative action
• 失措shī cuòto be at a loss
• 预防措施yù fáng cuò shīprotective step; protective measure
• 木格措Mù gé cuòLake Mibgai Co or Miga Tso, in Dartsendo or Kangding 康定
• 张皇失措zhāng huáng shī cuòpanic-stricken (idiom); to be in a flustered state; also written 张惶失措
• 仓皇失措cāng huáng shī cuòflustered; ruffled; disconcerted
• 茫然失措máng rán shī cuòat a loss (idiom)
• 羊卓雍措Yáng zhuó Yōng cuòYamdrok Lake, Tibet
• 联邦紧急措施署Lián bāng Jǐn jí Cuò shī shǔFederal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
• 惊惶失措jīng huáng shī cuòsee 惊慌失措

Characters built on 昔

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

• 错cuòmistake; wrong; bad
• 厝cuòto lay in place; to put; to place a coffin in a temporary location pending burial

Characters that look like 措

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

• 援yuánto help; to assist; to aid
• 绪xùbeginnings; clues; mental state
• 猎lièhunting
• 堵dǔto block up (a road, pipe etc); to stop up (a hole)…
• 捶chuíto beat (with a stick or one's fist); to thump; to pound
• 揩kāito wipe

Sounds the same

Read cuò, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 错mistake; wrong; bad
• 挫obstructed; to fail; to oppress
• 厝to lay in place; to put; to place a coffin in a temporary location pending burial
• 锉(literary) to fracture (a bone); (literary) to cut; to hack
• 剒to cut; to carve
• 棤rough tree bark
• 莝to chop straw fine for animals
• 蓌to squat (in salutation)