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搓

cuō

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 character level 7-9 Character

搓 (cuō) means "to rub or roll between the hands or fingers; to twist". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 搓 means

1. to rub or roll between the hands or fingers
2. to twist

Example sentences

• 帮我搓一下背好吗？
  Bāng wǒ cuō yīxià bèi hǎo ma?
  Can you rub my back?

Words starting with 搓

• 搓揉cuō róuto knead; to rub
• 搓板cuō bǎnwashboard; (slang) flat-chested (woman)
• 搓洗cuō xǐto rub clean (garments); to scrub
• 搓衣板cuō yī bǎnwashboard
• 搓麻将cuō má jiàngto play mahjong

Words containing 搓

• 揉搓róu cuoto rub; to torment; to torture
• 手搓shǒu cuōto make by hand; to hand-craft
• 暗搓搓àn cuō cuōsee 暗戳戳

Characters built on 差

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

• 磋cuō(old) to polish bones, horns, ivory etc into tools; (bound form) to deliberate; to consult
• 蹉cuōto error; to slip; to miss
• 嵯cuólofty (as of mountain)
• 鹾cuóbrine; salt

Characters that look like 搓

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

• 援yuánto help; to assist; to aid
• 摄shè(bound form) to take in; to absorb; to assimilate; to capture (video or still images)…
• 嫌xiánto dislike; suspicion; resentment
• 涯yáborder; horizon; shore
• 掳lǔ(bound form) to capture (sb)
• 捱áivariant of 挨

Sounds the same

Read cuō, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 磋(old) to polish bones, horns, ivory etc into tools; (bound form) to deliberate; to consult
• 撮to pick up (a powder etc) with the fingertips; to scoop up; to collect together
• 蹉to error; to slip; to miss
• 瑳luster of gems

Where 搓 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · cì–dā (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 cuō correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.