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稠

chóu

Character

What 稠 means

1. dense
2. crowded
3. thick
4. many

Example sentences

• 汤很稠。
  Tāng hěn chóu.
  The soup is thick.
• 西里西亚省是波兰人口稠密度最大的地区。
  The Silesian Voivodeship is the most densely populated region of Poland.
• 这卤肉还是太稀了，再煮十分钟，让汤汁浓稠一些，这样味道才能更好地留在肉上。
  This braised pork is still too watery. Cook it for another ten minutes to thicken the sauce, so the flavor sticks to the meat.

Words starting with 稠

• 稠密chóu mìdense
• 稠浊chóu zhuónumerous and confused; forming a confused mass

Words containing 稠

• 粘稠nián chóuviscous; thick and sticky
• 增稠zēng chóuto thicken
• 浓稠nóng chóuthick; dense and creamy
• 增稠剂zēng chóu jìthickener
• 粘稠度nián chóu dùviscosity
• 黏稠度nián chóu dùviscosity
• 人口稠密rén kǒu chóu mìpopulous
• 人烟稠密rén yān chóu mì(idiom) densely populated
• 地狭人稠dì xiá rén chóu(idiom) small and densely populated
• 地窄人稠dì zhǎi rén chóusee 地狭人稠

Characters built on 周

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

• 绸chóu(light) silk
• 惆chóuforlorn; vexed; disappointed
• 赒zhōuto give to the needy; to bestow alms; charity

Characters that look like 稠

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

• 搬bānto move (i.e. relocate oneself); to move (sth relatively heavy or bulky); to shift
• 溯sùto go upstream; to trace the source
• 榈lǘpalm tree
• 辗zhǎnused in 辗转
• 辋wǎngtire; wheel band
• 腆tiǎnmake strong (as liquors); virtuous

Sounds the same

Read chóu, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 愁to worry about
• 绸(light) silk
• 筹chip (in gambling); token (for counting); ticket; to prepare; to plan; to raise (funds)…
• 仇hatred; animosity; enmity
• 酬to entertain; to repay; to return
• 畴arable fields; cultivated field; class
• 踌used in 踌躇
• 惆forlorn; vexed; disappointed
• 俦comrades; friends; companions
• 雠to collate; to proofread
• 鯈Leuciscus macropus
• 嬦(archaic) used in ladies' names