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糗

qiǔ

Character

What 糗 means

1. dry rations (for a journey)
2. dialect(of noodles etc) to become mush (from overcooking)
3. colloquialembarrassing
4. embarrassment

Other readings

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

• Qiǔsurname Qiu

Example sentences

• 我一生中从没那么糗过。
  Wǒ yīshēng zhōng cóngméi nàme qiǔ guo.
  I was never so humiliated in my life.
• 我一生中从没那幺糗过。
  I was never so humiliated in my life.
• 这只猫咪气场全开，走着猫步，相当优雅，然后摔倒了，真是糗大了。
  The cat glided along, very refined, but ended up falling, which was very embarrassing.

Words starting with 糗

• 糗事qiǔ shìawkward incident
• 糗粮qiǔ liángdry rations

Words containing 糗

• 出糗chū qiǔ(colloquial) to have sth embarrassing happen
• 饭糗茹草fàn qiǔ rú cǎo(lit.) to live on dry provisions and wild herbs (idiom); (fig.) to live in abject poverty
• 羹藜含糗gēng lí hán qiǔnothing but herb soup and dry provisions to eat (idiom); to survive on a coarse diet…
• 羹藜唅糗gēng lí hān qiǔnothing but herb soup and dry provisions to eat (idiom); to survive on a coarse diet…

Characters built on 臭

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

• 溴xiùbromine (chemistry)
• 嗅xiùto smell; to sniff; to nose

Characters that look like 糗

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

• 操cāoto grasp; to hold; to operate
• 糖tángsugar; sweets; candy
• 横hénghorizontal; across; crosswise
• 耦ǒua pair; a mate; a couple
• 辘lùused in 辘辘; used in 轱辘; used in 辘轳
• 臊sàoshame; bashfulness; to shame