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触

chù

HSK 5 Character Traditional 觸

What 触 means

1. to touch
2. to make contact with sth
3. to stir up sb's emotions

Example sentences

• 请勿触摸。
  Qǐng wù chùmō.
  Don't touch.
• 他触犯了法律。
  Tā chùfàn le fǎlǜ.
  He violated a law.
• 你触犯了规则。
  Nǐ chùfàn le guīzé.
  You broke the rules.
• 请勿触碰展品。
  Do not touch the exhibits.
• 鱿鱼有几只触手？
  Yóuyú yǒu jǐ zhī chùshǒu?
  How many arms does a squid have?
• 我可以触摸这个吗？
  Wǒ kěyǐ chùmō zhège ma?
  Can I touch this one too?

Words starting with 触

• 触犯chù fànto violate; to offend
• 触动chù dòngto touch; to stir up (trouble or emotions); to move (sb's emotions or worry)
• 触摸chù mōto touch
• 触及chù jíto touch (physically, one's feelings etc); to touch on (a topic)
• 触目惊心chù mù jīng xīnlit. shocks the eye, astonishes the heart (idiom); shocking; horrible to see…
• 触电chù diànto get an electric shock
• 触发chù fāto trigger; to spark
• 触觉chù juésense of touch; tactile sensation
• 触碰chù pèngto touch; (fig.) to touch on (a matter)
• 触角chù jiǎoantenna; feeler (esp. of arthropods)
• 触手chù shǒutentacle
• 触景生情chù jǐng shēng qíngscene which recalls past memories (idiom); evocative of the past; reminiscent
• 触目chù mùto meet the eye; eye-catching; conspicuous
• 触媒chù méi(Taiwan) catalyst
• 触底chù dǐto reach the lowest point
• 触感chù gǎntactile sensation; touch; feel
• 触击chù jīto touch; to tap; to contact
• 触毛chù máotactile hair; vibrissa; whisker
• 触法chù fǎto break the law
• 触线chù xiànto cross the line; to overdo something; to commit a crime
• 触处chù chùeverywhere
• 触须chù xūtentacles; feelers; antennae
• 触控板chù kòng bǎn(Taiwan; computing) touchpad
• 触控点chù kòng diǎnpointing stick (for notebook computer)

Words containing 触

• 接触jiē chùto touch; to contact; access
• 感触gǎn chùone's thoughts and feelings; emotional stirring; moved
• 抵触dǐ chùto conflict; to contradict
• 笔触bǐ chùbrush stroke in Chinese painting and calligraphy; brushwork; style of drawing or writing
• 一触即发yī chù jí fācould happen at any moment; on the verge
• 切触qiè chùosculation (higher order tangency)
• 突触tū chùsynapse
• 误触wù chùto touch by mistake; to accidentally activate or trigger…
• 点触diǎn chùto tap; to touch (a touchscreen)
• 不触目bù chù mùunobtrusive
• 性接触xìng jiē chùsexual contact
• 接触器jiē chù qìcontactor
• 突触后tū chù hòupostsynaptic
• 多点触控duō diǎn chù kòngmulti-touch (computing)
• 接触不良jiē chù bù liángloose or defective contact (elec.)
• 密切接触者mì qiè jiē chù zhě(epidemiology) close contact
• 异性性接触yì xìng xìng jiē chùheterosexual sex
• 灵感触发图líng gǎn chù fā túmind map
• 碰触pèng chùto touch
• 角膜接触镜jiǎo mó jiē chù jìngcontact lens
• 羊触藩篱yáng chù fān lílit. billy goat's horns caught in the fence (idiom from Book of Changes 易经)…
• 一触即溃yī chù jí kuìto collapse on the first encounter; to give way at once
• 羝羊触藩dī yáng chù fānlit. billy goat's horns caught in the fence (idiom from Book of Changes 易经)…
• 牴触dǐ chùvariant of 抵触

Characters built on 虫

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

• 独dúalone; independent; single
• 蛛zhū(bound form) spider
• 烛zhúcandle; (literary) to illuminate
• 蝠fú(bound form) bat
• 蝴húused in 蝴蝶
• 蠕rúto squirm; to wiggle; to wriggle
• 蜀Shǔshort name for Sichuan 四川; one of the Three Kingdoms 三国
• 蛊gǔarch. legendary venomous insect; to poison; to bewitch

Characters that look like 触

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

• 搬bānto move (i.e. relocate oneself); to move (sth relatively heavy or bulky); to shift
• 酬chóuto entertain; to repay; to return
• 撇piēto cast away; to fling aside
• 鲑guītrout; salmon
• 釉yòuglaze (of porcelain)
• 锉cuò(literary) to fracture (a bone); (literary) to cut; to hack

Sounds the same

Read chù, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 处(bound form) place; locality; (bound form) part; aspect; (bound form) office; department…
• 畜livestock; domesticated animal; domestic animal
• 怵fearful; timid; to fear
• 绌crimson silk; deficiency; to stitch
• 矗lofty; upright
• 搐to twitch; to have a spasm
• 黜to dismiss from office; to expel
• 俶to begin
• 豖a shackled pig
• 亍to step with the right foot (used in 彳亍
• 憷to be afraid
• 歜(person); angry