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揍

zòu

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 character level 7-9 Character

揍 (zòu) means "to hit; to beat (sb); (coll.) to smash (sth)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 揍 means

1. to hit; to beat (sb)
2. colloquialto smash (sth)

Example sentences

• 我揍你!
  Wǒ zòu nǐ!
  I'll beat you up!
• 汤姆被一只灰熊揍了。
  Tāngmǔ bèi yī zhī huīxióng zòu le.
  Tom was attacked by a grizzly bear.
• 汤姆把他揍得满地找牙。
  Tāngmǔ bǎ tā zòu de mǎndìzhǎoyá.
  Tom knocked him down.
• 这个受害者被揍了一顿然后被放任不管。
  Zhège shòuhàizhě bèi zòu le yī dùnrán hòu bèi fàngrèn bù guǎn.
  The victim had been beaten up and left for dead.

Words starting with 揍

• 揍人zòu rénto hit sb; to beat sb up
• 揍扁zòu biǎnto beat (sb) up; to hit
• 揍死zòu sǐto beat to death

Words containing 揍

• 挨揍ái zòuto be beaten; to take a drubbing; buffeted
• 欠揍qiàn zòuto need a spanking
• 胖揍pàng zòu(colloquial) to give sb a good beating

Characters built on 奏

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

• 凑còuto gather together, pool or collect; to happen by chance; to move close to
• 辏còuto converge; hub of wheel
• 腠còuthe tissue between the skin and the flesh

Characters that look like 揍

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

• 摄shè(bound form) to take in; to absorb; to assimilate; to capture (video or still images)…
• 摇yáoto shake; to rock; to row
• 搂lōuto draw towards oneself; to gather; to gather up (one's gown, sleeves etc)
• 捶chuíto beat (with a stick or one's fist); to thump; to pound
• 椿chūnChinese toon (Toona sinensis); tree of heaven (Ailanthus altissima)…
• 搡sǎngto push forcefully; to shove

Sounds the same

Read zòu, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 奏to play music; to achieve; to present a memorial to the emperor (old)

Where 揍 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · zhuó–zú (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• How characters are built from components.
• How to learn Chinese characters.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read zòu correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.