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粗

cū

HSK 4 Character

What 粗 means

1. (of sth long) wide; thick
2. (of sth granular) coarse
3. (of a voice) gruff
4. (of sb's manner etc) rough; crude; careless; rude

Other readings

粗 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• cūremote; distant; variant of {粗|cū}
• cūvariant of {粗|cū}

Example sentences

• 你真粗鲁！
  How rude of you!
• 别这幺粗心！
  Don't be so careless!
• 火生于粗心。
  The fire originated from carelessness.
• 她用词很粗鲁。
  Tā yòngcí hěn cūlǔ.
  She uses rude words.
• 她的行为很粗俗。
  Tā de xíngwéi hěn cūsú.
  Her behaviour is very vulgar.
• 我做不惯粗重活。
  I am not used to hard work.

Words starting with 粗

• 粗心cū xīncareless; thoughtless
• 粗鲁cū lǔcoarse; crude (in one's manner); boorish
• 粗糙cū cāocrude; gruff; rough
• 粗暴cū bàocrude; crass; rude; rough; harsh
• 粗俗cū súvulgar
• 粗壮cū zhuàngthick and solid
• 粗略cū lüèrough (not precise or accurate); cursory
• 粗大cū dàthick; bulky; loud
• 粗犷cū guǎngrough; rude; boorish
• 粗野cū yěinsolent; boorish; rough (in actions)
• 粗细cū xìthick and thin; coarse and fine; thickness (caliber)
• 粗话cū huàvulgar language; coarse language
• 粗心大意cū xīn dà yìnegligent; careless; inadvertent
• 粗粮cū liángcoarse grains (maize, sorghum etc)
• 粗浅cū qiǎnshallow; superficial
• 粗制滥造cū zhì làn zàoto churn out large quantities without regard for quality (idiom); rough and slipshod work
• 粗鄙cū bǐvulgar; coarse; uncouth
• 粗估cū gūrough estimate
• 粗分cū fēnbroad classification; (when followed by 为
• 粗厉cū lìabrasive; husky (voice)
• 粗口cū kǒuswear words; obscene language; foul language
• 粗放cū fàngextensive; expansive; large-scale
• 粗活cū huóunskilled labor; heavy manual work
• 粗率cū shuàirough; coarse; crude

Words containing 粗

• 财大气粗cái dà qì cūrich and imposing; rich and overbearing
• 加粗jiā cūto make text bold
• 动粗dòng cūto use violence (against sb); to strong-arm sb; to manhandle
• 气粗qì cūirascible; overbearing
• 滚粗gǔn cū(net slang) get out!; get lost! (playful contraction of 滚出去
• 爆粗bào cūto say offensive words; to swear
• 短粗duǎn cūstocky (short and robust)
• 老粗lǎo cūuneducated person; yokel; boor
• 大老粗dà lǎo cūuncouth fellow; rustic
• 抱粗腿bào cū tuǐto latch on to the rich and powerful
• 蒸粗麦粉zhēng cū mài fěncouscous
• 喘粗气chuǎn cū qìto pant heavily
• 磨石粗砂岩mó shí cū shā yánmillstone grit
• 脸红脖子粗liǎn hóng bó zi cūred in the face; extremely angry
• 挟细拿粗xié xì ná cūto provoke
• 西双版纳粗榧xī shuāng bǎn nà cū fěiCephalotaxus mannii (botany)
• 五大三粗wǔ dà sān cūburly; strapping; big and strong
• 拔根汗毛比腰粗bá gēn hàn máo bǐ yāo cūlit. a hair plucked from (person A) would be thicker than (person B)'s waist (idiom)…

Characters built on 且

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

• 组zǔto form; to organize; group
• 助zhùto help; to assist
• 租zūto hire; to rent; to charter
• 阻zǔto hinder; to block; to obstruct
• 祖zǔancestor; forefather; grandparents
• 诅zǔcurse; swear (oath)
• 沮jǔto destroy; to stop
• 咀jǔto chew; to masticate

Characters that look like 粗

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

• 钱qiáncoin; money; unit of weight, one tenth of a tael 两
• 铝lǚaluminum (chemistry)
• 椭tuǒellipse
• 靓jìngto make up (one's face); to dress; (of one's dress) beautiful
• 钰yùtreasure; hard metal
• 耜sìplow; plowshare

Sounds the same

Read cū, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 麁variant of 粗
• 麄variant of 粗