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诌

zhōu

Character Traditional 謅

What 诌 means

1. to make up (a story)
2. Taiwan pr. zōu

Words containing 诌

• 胡诌hú zhōuto invent crazy nonsense; to cook up (excuses); to talk at random
• 文诌诌wén zhōu zhōubookish; genteel; erudite
• 随口胡诌suí kǒu hú zhōuto talk random nonsense (idiom); to say whatever comes into one's head
• 胡诌八扯hú zhōu bā chě(idiom) to talk random nonsense; to say whatever comes into one's head
• 胡诌乱扯hú zhōu luàn chěsee 胡诌八扯
• 胡诌乱说hú zhōu luàn shuōsee 胡诌八扯
• 胡诌乱道hú zhōu luàn dàosee 胡诌八扯

Characters built on 刍

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

• 皱zhòuto wrinkle; wrinkled; to crease
• 邹Zōusurname Zou; vassal state during the Zhou Dynasty (1046–256 BC) in the southeast of…
• 绉zhòucrepe; wrinkle
• 驺zōugroom or chariot driver employed by a noble (old)

Sounds the same

Read zhōu, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 周to make a circuit; to circle; circle
• 洲continent; island in a river
• 州prefecture; (old) province; (old) administrative division
• 粥congee; gruel; porridge
• 舟boat
• 赒to give to the needy; to bestow alms; charity
• 婤(feminine name)
• 喌syllable
• 诪(literary) to curse; to deceive; to lie
• 辀(literary) shaft (of a cart); cart
• 騆divine horse
• 鸼used in 鹘鸼