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绰

chuò

Character Traditional 綽

What 绰 means

1. bound formample; spacious
2. literarygraceful
3. used in {绰号|chuò hào} and {绰名|chuò míng}

Other readings

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

• chāoto grab; to snatch up; variant of {焯|chāo}

Example sentences

• 我的绰号是“Itch。"
  Wǒ de chuòhào shì "Itch."
  My nickname is "Itch."
• 我们给Robert取了个绰号叫“Bob”。
  We gave Robert the nickname 'Bob'.
• 我的剑虽然是钝的，但应付你的话是绰绰有余的。
  Wǒ de jiàn suīrán shì dùn de, dàn yìngfu nǐ dehuà shì chuòchuòyǒuyú de.
  My sword may be blunt, but that's more than enough for someone like you.

Words starting with 绰

• 绰号chuò hàonickname
• 绰绰有余chuò chuò yǒu yú(idiom) more than enough
• 绰名chuò míngnickname
• 绰约chuò yuē(literary) graceful; charming

Words containing 绰

• 阔绰kuò chuòextravagant; liberal with money
• 宽绰kuān chuospacious; relaxed; at ease; comfortably well-off
• 隐隐绰绰yǐn yǐn chuò chuòfaint; indistinct
• 风姿绰约fēng zī chuò yuē(idiom) graceful; lovely

Characters built on 卓

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

• 倬zhuōnoticeable; large; clear
• 踔chuōto get ahead; to stride; to excel

Characters that look like 绰

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

• 弹dàncrossball; bullet; shot
• 掉diàoto fall; to drop; to lag behind
• 棒bàngstick; club; cudgel
• 绵miánsilk floss; continuous; soft
• 悼dàoto mourn; to lament
• 焯chāoto blanch; to parboil

Sounds the same

Read chuò, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 啜(literary) to drink; to sip; to sob
• 辍to stop (before completion); to cease; to suspend
• 龊used in 龌龊
• 婼recalcitrant
• 婥used in 婥约
• 辶to walk (side part of split character)
• 㲋ancient name for an animal similar to rabbit but bigger
• 歠(literary) to drink; to sip; gruel
• 畷raised path between fields
• 磭big lip
• 辵to walk (side part of split character)
• 醊pour libation on ground