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肘

zhǒu

Character

What 肘 means

1. elbow
2. pork shoulder

Example sentences

• 我的手肘还在痛。
  My elbow still hurts.
• 汤姆碰了我的胳膊肘。
  Tom touched my elbow.
• 不要把你的手肘放在桌子上。
  Bù yào bǎ nǐ de shǒuzhǒu fàng zài zhuōzi shàng.
  Don't put your elbows on the table.
• 不要再把你的手肘放在桌子上了。
  Keep your elbows off the table.

Words starting with 肘

• 肘子zhǒu zipork shoulder; (colloquial) elbow
• 肘击zhǒu jīto strike with the elbow; to elbow
• 肘腋zhǒu yèlit. armpit; elbow and armpit; fig. right up close (to a disaster)

Words containing 肘

• 胳膊肘gē bo zhǒuelbow
• 捉襟见肘zhuō jīn jiàn zhǒulit. pulling on the lapels exposes the elbows (idiom); strapped for cash…
• 实肘shí zhǒufull arm (method of painting)
• 手肘shǒu zhǒuelbow
• 护肘hù zhǒuelbow pad; elbow support
• 东坡肘子Dōng pō zhǒu ziDongpo pork shoulder, traditional dish said to have been created by Northern Song dynasty…
• 胳臂肘儿gē bei zhǒu relbow
• 胳膊肘朝外拐gē bo zhǒu cháo wài guǎilit. the elbow turns outward (idiom); fig. to side with outsiders rather than one's own…
• 变生肘腋biàn shēng zhǒu yèlit. calamity in one's armpit (idiom); a major coup happening on one's doorstep…
• 掣肘chè zhǒuto hold sb back by the elbow; to impede; to hinder
• 胳膊肘子gē bo zhǒu zisee 胳膊肘
• 胳膊肘往外拐gē bo zhǒu wǎng wài guǎisee 胳膊肘朝外拐

Characters built on 寸

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

• 守shǒuto guard; to defend; to keep watch
• 寿shòulong life; old age; age
• 纣zhòucrupper (harness strap running over a horse's hindquarters and under its tail)
• 酎zhòustrong wine

Characters that look like 肘

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

• 时shío'clock; time; when
• 财cáimoney; wealth; riches
• 村cūnvillage; (dialect) to scold; rustic; boorish
• 肿zhǒngto swell; swelling; swollen
• 肪fánganimal fat
• 狞níngfierce-looking

Sounds the same

Read zhǒu, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 帚broom
• 菷variant of 帚