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纠

jiū

HSK 6 Character Traditional 糾

What 纠 means

1. to gather together
2. to investigate
3. to entangle
4. to correct

Other readings

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

• jiūold variant of {纠|jiū}

Example sentences

• 请纠正我的发音。
  Please correct my pronunciation.
• 他在纠结要不要买这本书
  Tā zài jiūjié yàobù yào mǎi zhè běn shū
  He is contemplating whether or not to buy the book.
• 戴眼镜应该能纠正你的视力。
  Wearing glasses should correct your vision.
• 你确认那是可纠正的错误吗？
  Can you confirm that it is a correctable error?
• 如果我拼错了的话，请你纠正。
  Rúguǒ wǒ pīncuò le dehuà, qǐng nǐ jiūzhèng.
  Correct my spelling if it's wrong.
• 如果你发现错误，那就请你纠正它。
  If you see a mistake, then please correct it.

Words starting with 纠

• 纠正jiū zhèngto correct; to make right
• 纠纷jiū fēndispute
• 纠缠jiū chánto be in a tangle; to nag
• 纠葛jiū géentanglement; dispute
• 纠缠不清jiū chán bù qīnghopelessly muddled; impossible to unravel
• 纠结jiū jiéto intertwine; to band together (with); to link up (with); twisted; tangled; confused…
• 纠错jiū cuòto correct an error
• 纠集jiū jíto gather together; to muster
• 纠察jiū cháto maintain order; steward (policing a meeting)
• 纠偏jiū piānto correct an error
• 纠合jiū hégathering; a get-together
• 纠弹jiū tánto censure; to denounce; to impeach
• 纠众jiū zhòngto muster; to gather a crowd

Words containing 纠

• 弹纠tán jiūto accuse; to impeach
• 量子纠缠liàng zǐ jiū chánquantum entanglement (physics)

Characters that look like 纠

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

• 刑xíngpunishment; penalty; sentence
• 叫jiàoto shout; to call; to order
• 纤xiānfine; delicate; minute

Sounds the same

Read jiū, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 究after all; to investigate; to study carefully
• 揪to seize; to clutch; to grab firmly and pull
• 啾(onomatopoeia) wailing of child; chirp; kiss (Tw)
• 鸠turtledove; (literary) to gather
• 阄lots (to be drawn); lot (in a game of chance)
• 揫to gather; to collect
• 摎to strangle; to inquire into
• 鬏bun (of hair)
• 樛to hang down
• 赳see 赳赳
• 丩old variant of 纠