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粥

zhōu

HSK 6 Character Measure word 碗

What 粥 means

1. congee
2. gruel
3. porridge

Other readings

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

• yùused in {荤粥|Xūn yù}

Example sentences

• 我一天吃了三次黑米粥！
  Wǒ yī tiān chī le sāncì hēi mǐzhōu!
  I've had black rice congee thrice in one day!
• 我每天早晨吃一碗麦片粥。
  Wǒ měitiān zǎochén chī yī wǎn màipiàn yù.
  Every morning I eat a bowl of oatmeal.
• 唯有加很多糖才能让我喝得下粥。
  The only way I can eat porridge is with lots of sugar.
• 俗话说：高丽菜汤和粥是我们的食物。
  There is a saying: cabbage soup and porridge are our food.
• 会场内，掌声、哨声、喊声、笑声乱成了一锅粥。
  Inside the venue, sounds of clapping, whistling, yelling, laughing blended together.
• 我还带来了一些自己做的粥，弄热一下就可以吃了。
  Wǒ hái dàilái le yīxiē zìjǐ zuò de yù, nòng rè yīxià jiù kěyǐ chī le.
  I also brought some gruel I made. It just needs warming up.

Words starting with 粥

• 粥厂zhōu chǎngfood relief center; soup kitchen
• 粥棚zhōu péngfood relief center; soup kitchen
• 粥样硬化zhōu yàng yìng huàatherosclerosis; hardening of the arteries
• 粥少僧多zhōu shǎo sēng duōsee 僧多粥少

Words containing 粥

• 稀粥xī zhōuwater gruel; thin porridge
• 白粥bái zhōuplain rice congee
• 米粥mǐ zhōucongee
• 燕麦粥yàn mài zhōuoatmeal; porridge
• 僧多粥少sēng duō zhōu shǎolit. many monks and not much gruel (idiom); fig. not enough to go around…
• 施粥舍饭shī zhōu shě fànto provide alms and rice (idiom)
• 动脉粥样硬化dòng mài zhōu yàng yìng huàatherosclerosis
• 血管粥样硬化xuè guǎn zhōu yàng yìng huàatherosclerosis; hardening of the arteries
• 豌豆粥wān dòu zhōupea gruel
• 煲电话粥bāo diàn huà zhōuto talk endlessly on the phone
• 荤粥Xūn yùXunyu, an ethnic group of northern China in ancient times
• 𥻗粥chá zhōugruel made from ground maize; corn grit congee
• 一锅粥yī guō zhōu(lit.) a pot of porridge; (fig.) a complete mess
• 八宝粥bā bǎo zhōurice congee made with red beans, lotus seeds, longan, red dates, nuts etc
• 腊八粥là bā zhōuLaba congee, ceremonial rice porridge dish eaten on the 8th day of the 12th month in the…
• 一粒老鼠屎坏了一锅粥yī lì lǎo shǔ shǐ huài le yī guō zhōulit. one pellet of rat feces spoiled the whole pot of congee (idiom)…
• 一颗老鼠屎坏了一锅粥yī kē lǎo shǔ shǐ huài le yī guō zhōusee 一粒老鼠屎坏了一锅粥

Characters that look like 粥

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

• 阐chǎnto express; to disclose; to enlighten
• 惭cánashamed
• 阙quēused in place of 缺 (old); mistake
• 弼bìto assist
• 遨áoto make an excursion; to ramble; to travel
• 淅xī(onomatopoeia) sound of rain, sleet etc

Sounds the same

Read zhōu, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 周to make a circuit; to circle; circle
• 洲continent; island in a river
• 州prefecture; (old) province; (old) administrative division
• 舟boat
• 诌to make up (a story); Taiwan pr. zōu
• 赒to give to the needy; to bestow alms; charity
• 婤(feminine name)
• 喌syllable
• 诪(literary) to curse; to deceive; to lie
• 辀(literary) shaft (of a cart); cart
• 騆divine horse
• 鸼used in 鹘鸼