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绸

chóu

HSK 5 Character Traditional 綢 Measure word 匹

What 绸 means

1. (light) silk

Example sentences

• 未雨绸缪。
  Wèiyǔchóumóu.
  Save for a rainy day.
• 丝绸是很珍贵的。
  Sīchóu shì hěn zhēnguì de.
  Silk is very precious.
• 你最好未雨绸缪。
  Nǐ zuì hǎo wèiyǔchóumóu.
  You had better keep your money for a rainy day.
• 你的丝绸长袍呢？
  Where are your silk gowns?
• 她穿着华丽的丝绸服饰。
  Tā chuān zhe huálì de sīchóu fúshì.
  She was dressed in rich silks.
• 丝绸之路形成的初衷并非是贸易。
  Sīchóuzhī Lù xíngchéng de chūzhōng bìngfēi shì màoyì.
  The original purpose of the Silk Road was not for trade.

Words starting with 绸

• 绸缎chóu duànsatin; silk fabric
• 绸子chóu zisilk fabric; silk
• 绸缪chóu móuto be sentimentally attached to sb or sth

Words containing 绸

• 丝绸sī chóusilk (cloth)
• 丝绸之路Sī chóu zhī Lùthe Silk Road
• 未雨绸缪wèi yǔ chóu móulit. before it rains, bind around with silk (idiom, from Book of Songs 诗经)…
• 府绸fǔ chóupoplin (cotton cloth used for shirts)
• 绵绸mián chóurough-textured fabric of waste silk
• 薄绸báo chóulight silk; silk chiffon
• 塔夫绸tǎ fū chóutaffeta
• 丝绸古路Sī chóu Gǔ lùthe ancient Silk Road; see also 丝绸之路
• 丝绸织物sī chóu zhī wùsilk fabric
• 绫罗绸缎líng luó chóu duàn(idiom) silk and satin

Characters built on 周

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

• 稠chóudense; crowded; thick
• 惆chóuforlorn; vexed; disappointed
• 赒zhōuto give to the needy; to bestow alms; charity

Characters that look like 绸

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

• 猥wěihumble; rustic; plentiful
• 甥shēng(bound form) sister's son; nephew
• 隅yúcorner
• 埚guōcrucible
• 绢juànthin, tough silk fabric
• 惆chóuforlorn; vexed; disappointed

Sounds the same

Read chóu, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 愁to worry about
• 筹chip (in gambling); token (for counting); ticket; to prepare; to plan; to raise (funds)…
• 仇hatred; animosity; enmity
• 酬to entertain; to repay; to return
• 畴arable fields; cultivated field; class
• 稠dense; crowded; thick
• 踌used in 踌躇
• 惆forlorn; vexed; disappointed
• 俦comrades; friends; companions
• 雠to collate; to proofread
• 鯈Leuciscus macropus
• 嬦(archaic) used in ladies' names