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糙

cāo

HSK 5 Character

What 糙 means

1. rough
2. coarse (in texture)

Example sentences

• 这件物件的表面颇为粗糙。
  Zhè jiàn wùjiàn de biǎomiàn pōwéi cūcāo.
  The surface of the object is fairly rough.
• 你更喜欢白米还是糙米呢？
  Do you prefer white rice or brown rice?
• 鲨鱼皮比金枪鱼皮粗糙多了。
  Shāyú pí bǐ jīnqiāngyú pí cūcāo duō le.
  The skin of a shark is much rougher than that of a tuna fish.
• 她的裙子是用粗糙的羊毛造的。
  Tā de qúnzi shì yòng cūcāo de yángmáo zào de.
  Her dress was made of coarse wool.
• 鲨鱼的皮比鲔鱼的皮粗糙多了。
  Shāyú de pí bǐ wěiyú de pí cūcāo duō le.
  The skin of a shark is much rougher than that of a tuna fish.
• 它们是用粗糙的褐色皮革制成的。
  Tāmen shì yòng cūcāo de hèsè pígé zhìchéng de.
  They were made of rough brown leather.

Words starting with 糙

• 糙米cāo mǐbrown rice
• 糙皮病cāo pí bìngpellagra (medicine)
• 糙面内质网cāo miàn nèi zhì wǎngrough endoplasmic reticulum

Words containing 糙

• 粗糙cū cāocrude; gruff; rough

Characters that look like 糙

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

• 趣qùinteresting; to interest
• 糖tángsugar; sweets; candy
• 糠kānghusk; (of a radish etc) spongy (and therefore unappetising)
• 獭tǎotter; Taiwan pr. tà
• 鲶niánsheatfish (Parasilurus asotus); oriental catfish; see also 鲇
• 醣tángcarbohydrate; old variant of 糖

Sounds the same

Read cāo, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 操to grasp; to hold; to operate