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揉

róu

HSK 6 Character

What 揉 means

1. to knead
2. to massage
3. to rub

Example sentences

• 她揉了揉她的眼睛。
  She rubbed her eyes.
• 手脏的时候千万不要揉眼睛。
  Shǒu zāng de shíhou qiānwàn bù yào róu yǎnjing.
  Never rub your eyes when your hands are dirty.
• 爱，就是一个人把另一个人的心揉碎的过程。
  ài, jiùshì yīgèrén bǎ lìngyī gèrén de xīn róusuì de guòchéng.
  Love is the process of breaking and mending the heart of another.
• 人生如梦，如影随形，像个蹩脚的演员，在舞台上虚张声势、矫揉造作一小时，然后便销声匿迹。人生如白痴讲的故事，喧嚣吵杂，却毫无意义。
  Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player that struts and frets his hour upon the stage, and then is heard no more. It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.

Words starting with 揉

• 揉搓róu cuoto rub; to torment; to torture
• 揉制róu zhìto knead (leather)
• 揉合róu héto blend; to merge; to mix together
• 揉和róu héto knead (clay)
• 揉碎róu suìto crush; to crumble into pieces
• 揉磨róu moto torment; to torture

Words containing 揉

• 矫揉造作jiǎo róu zào zuòpretension; affectation; putting on artificial airs
• 众说纷揉zhòng shuō fēn róulit. diverse opinions confused and divided (idiom); opinions differ; controversial matters
• 搓揉cuō róuto knead; to rub
• 掰开揉碎bāi kāi róu suìlit. to pull apart and knead to a pulp; fig. to analyze minutely from every angle…
• 眼里揉不得沙子yǎn lǐ róu bu dé shā zisee 眼里容不得沙子

Characters built on 柔

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

• 蹂róutrample
• 鞣róusuede; chamois; tannin
• 糅róumix

Characters that look like 揉

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

• 搅jiǎoto disturb; to annoy; to mix
• 揽lǎnto monopolize; to seize; to take into one's arms; to embrace; to fasten (with a rope etc)
• 缤bīnused in 缤纷
• 琉liúprecious stone
• 犊dúcalf; sacrificial victim
• 摈bìnto reject; to expel; to discard

Sounds the same

Read róu, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 柔soft; flexible; supple
• 蹂trample
• 鞣suede; chamois; tannin
• 糅mix
• 禸trample
• 葇Elsholtria paltrini
• 腬greasy (Cantonese)
• 𫐓wheel band
• 韖tan, soften
• 厹to trample