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筹

chóu

HSK 6 Character Traditional 籌

What 筹 means

1. chip (in gambling); token (for counting); ticket
2. to prepare; to plan; to raise (funds)
3. resource; way; means

Example sentences

• 正在筹划中……
  It's being arranged.
• 他正在筹备一次旅行。
  Tā zhèngzài chóubèi yīcì lǚxíng.
  He is making preparations for a trip.
• 她精心筹备了这个派对。
  Tā jīngxīn chóubèi le zhège pàiduì.
  She made elaborate preparations for the party.
• 汤姆正在为玛莉筹备生日派对。
  Tom is planning a birthday party for Mary.
• 这里正在筹划建设一座发电站。
  Plans are being drawn up to build a power station here.
• 我们会把一部分筹得的款项用来帮助残疾儿童。
  Wǒmen huì bǎ yībùfen chóu de díkuǎn xiàng yònglái bāngzhù cánjí'ér tóng.
  A portion of the proceeds will go to benefit children with disabilities.

Words starting with 筹

• 筹备chóu bèipreparations; to get ready for sth
• 筹集chóu jíto collect money; to raise funds
• 筹建chóu jiànto prepare to build sth
• 筹划chóu huàto plan and prepare
• 筹码chóu mǎbargaining chip; gaming chip; casino token
• 筹资chóu zīto raise resources
• 筹措chóu cuòto raise (money)
• 筹款chóu kuǎnfundraising
• 筹办chóu bànto arrange; to make preparations
• 筹委会chóu wěi huìorganizing committee
• 筹出chóu chūto plan out; to prepare
• 筹商chóu shāngto discuss (a plan); to negotiate (an outcome)
• 筹子chóu zichip; counter
• 筹思chóu sīto ponder a solution; to consider (the best move, how to find a way etc)
• 筹略chóu lüèastute; resourceful
• 筹算chóu suànto calculate (using bamboo tokens on a counting board); to count beads; (fig.) to budget…
• 筹议chóu yìto discuss (a plan)
• 筹钱chóu qiánto raise money
• 筹拍chóu pāito prepare to film; to plan a shoot
• 筹谋chóu móuto work out a strategy; to come up with a plan for
• 筹募chóu mùto raise funds; to collect money
• 筹马chóu mǎvariant of 筹码
• 筹画chóu huàvariant of 筹划

Words containing 筹

• 统筹兼顾tǒng chóu jiān gùan overall plan taking into account all factors
• 统筹tǒng chóuan overall plan; to plan an entire project as a whole
• 一筹莫展yī chóu mò zhǎnto be unable to find a solution; to be at wits' end
• 运筹帷幄yùn chóu wéi wòlit. to devise battle plan in a tent (idiom); fig. planning strategies
• 众筹zhòng chóucrowdfunding
• 运筹yùn chóuto plan; operations; logistics
• 酒筹jiǔ chóudrinking game chips…
• 运筹学yùn chóu xuéoperations research (OR)
• 红筹股hóng chóu gǔred chip stocks…
• 联通红筹公司Lián tōng Hóng chóu Gōng sīUnicom Red Chip, Hong Kong subsidiary of China Unicom 中国联通
• 蓝筹股lán chóu gǔblue chip stock
• 觥筹交错gōng chóu jiāo cuòwine goblets and gambling chips lie intertwined; to drink and gamble together in a large…
• 更胜一筹gèng shèng yī chóusuperior by a notch; a cut above; even better
• 略胜一筹lüè shèng yī chóuslightly better; a cut above
• 运筹帷幄之中，决胜千里之外yùn chóu wéi wò zhī zhōng , jué shèng qiān lǐ zhī wàia general planning in the seclusion of his tent is able to determine the outcome of the…

Characters built on 竹

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

• 篝gōubamboo frame for drying clothes; bamboo cage
• 篓lǒubasket
• 笱gǒubasket for trapping fish
• 筘kòu(a measure of width of cloth)
• 篼dōubamboo, rattan or wicker basket; sedan chair for mountain use (Cantonese)
• 篌hóuused in 箜篌

Characters that look like 筹

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

• 募mùto canvass for contributions; to collect; to raise; to recruit; to enlist
• 屡lǚtime and again; repeatedly; frequently
• 暮mùevening; sunset
• 犀xīrhinoceros; sharp
• 廖Liàosurname Liao
• 摹mó(bound form) to imitate; to copy

Sounds the same

Read chóu, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 愁to worry about
• 绸(light) silk
• 仇hatred; animosity; enmity
• 酬to entertain; to repay; to return
• 畴arable fields; cultivated field; class
• 稠dense; crowded; thick
• 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