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皱

zhòu

HSK 6 Character Traditional 皺

What 皱 means

1. to wrinkle
2. wrinkled
3. to crease

Example sentences

• 汤姆皱着眉头。
  Tāngmǔ zhòu zhe méitóu.
  Tom frowned.
• 老太太皱着眉头。
  Lǎotàitai zhòu zhe méitóu.
  The old woman knitted her brows.
• 她大惊小怪地皱了皱鼻子。
  Tā dàjīngxiǎoguài de zhòu le zhòu bízi.
  She squeamishly wrinkled her nose.
• 你想要知道如何避免皱纹吗？
  Nǐ xiǎngyào zhīdào rúhé bìmiǎn zhòuwén ma?
  Would you like to know how to prevent getting wrinkles?
• 他听到那个时，皱起了眉头。
  On hearing that, he knitted his brow.
• 若没有将衣服折起来或是挂在衣架上，会起皱纹。
  If you don't fold your clothes or hang them, they will be wrinkled.

Words starting with 皱

• 皱纹zhòu wénwrinkle
• 皱眉zhòu méito frown; to knit one's brow
• 皱起zhòu qǐto purse; to pucker (up)
• 皱眉头zhòu méi tóuto scowl; to knit the brows
• 皱巴巴zhòu bā bāwrinkled; crumpled; unironed
• 皱折zhòu zhécrease; fold; ripple
• 皱缩zhòu suōto wrinkle; wrinkled up
• 皱褶zhòu zhěcreased; wrinkled; fold
• 皱叶欧芹zhòu yè ōu qíncurled-leaf parsley (Petroselinum crispum)
• 皱摺zhòu zhévariant of 皱折

Words containing 皱

• 褶皱zhě zhòufold; crease; wrinkle; (geology) fold
• 弄皱nòng zhòuto crumple
• 折皱zhé zhòufold; crease; wrinkle
• 起皱纹qǐ zhòu wénto shrivel
• 花冠皱盔犀鸟huā guān zhòu kuī xī niǎo(bird species of China) wreathed hornbill (Rhyticeros undulatus)
• 褶皱山系zhě zhòu shān xìfold mountain system (geology)
• 褶皱山脉zhě zhòu shān màifold mountain range (geology)

Characters built on 刍

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

• 邹Zōusurname Zou; vassal state during the Zhou Dynasty (1046–256 BC) in the southeast of…
• 绉zhòucrepe; wrinkle
• 诌zhōuto make up (a story); Taiwan pr. zōu
• 驺zōugroom or chariot driver employed by a noble (old)

Characters that look like 皱

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

• 健jiànhealthy; to invigorate; to strengthen
• 较jiào(bound form) to compare; (literary) to dispute; compared to
• 骇hàito astonish; to startle; to hack (computing, loanword)
• 骏jùnspirited horse
• 铍píberyllium (chemistry)
• 绫língdamask; thin silk

Sounds the same

Read zhòu, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 骤sudden; unexpected; abrupt
• 宙eternity; (geology) eon
• 昼daytime
• 咒incantation; magic spell; curse
• 绉crepe; wrinkle
• 胄helmet; descendants
• 纣crupper (harness strap running over a horse's hindquarters and under its tail)
• 甃brickwork of well
• 酎strong wine
• 㑇(old) beautiful; clever
• 㤘(dialect) stubborn
• 咮beak of bird; peck at