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酷

kù

HSK 6 Character

What 酷 means

1. ruthless
2. strong (e.g. of wine)
3. loanwordcool
4. hip

Example sentences

• 我很酷。
  I'm cool.
• 这不酷！
  That isn't cool.
• 我酷爱电视。
  Wǒ kù'ài diànshì.
  I really like TV.
• 他酷爱足球。
  Tā kù'ài zúqiú.
  He's crazy about soccer.
• 他酷爱画画。
  He enjoys illustrating.
• 他酷爱钓鱼。
  He is fond of fishing.

Words starting with 酷

• 酷刑kù xíngcruelty; torture
• 酷爱kù àito be keen on; to have a passion for
• 酷似kù sìto strikingly resemble
• 酷暑kù shǔintense heat; extremely hot weather
• 酷热kù rètorrid heat
• 酷儿kù érqueer (sexuality)
• 酷派Kù pàiCoolpad Group Ltd, Chinese company
• 酷烈kù lièintense; brutal; fierce
• 酷斯拉Kù sī lā(Taiwan) Godzilla
• 酷刑折磨kù xíng zhé mótorture and cruel treatment
• 酷碰kù pèng(Taiwan; loanword) coupon
• 酷碰券kù pèng quàn(Taiwan; loanword) coupon
• 酷肖kù xiàoto strikingly resemble
• 酷炫kù xuàn(slang) cool; awesome
• 酷毙kù bì(slang) awesome; cool; righteous

Words containing 酷

• 残酷cán kùcruel; harsh; merciless
• 冷酷lěng kùunfeeling; callous
• 严酷yán kùbitter; harsh; grim
• 冷酷无情lěng kù wú qíngcold-hearted; unfeeling; callous
• 优酷Yōu kùYouku, Chinese video hosting platform
• 跑酷pǎo kù(loanword) parkour
• 残酷无情cán kù wú qíngcruel and unfeeling (idiom)
• 扮酷bàn kùto act cool
• 惨酷cǎn kù(literary) cruel; savage; merciless
• 炫酷xuàn kù(slang) cool; awesome
• 厌酷球孢子菌yàn kù qiú bāo zǐ jūnCoccidioides immitis
• 反酷刑折磨公约fǎn kù xíng zhé mó gōng yuēUN convention against torture and cruel treatment (ratified by PRC in 1988)

Characters built on 告

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

• 梏gùbraces (med.); fetters; manacles
• 鹄gǔcenter or bull's eye of an archery target (old); goal; target
• 喾Kùone of the five legendary emperors, also called 高辛氏

Characters that look like 酷

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

• 踪zōng(bound form) footprint; trace; tracks
• 酪lào(bound form) semi-solid food made from milk (junket, cheese etc)…
• 醋cùvinegar; jealousy (in love rivalry)
• 骼géused in 骨骼
• 鲑guītrout; salmon
• 酩mǐngused in 酩酊

Sounds the same

Read kù, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 裤underpants; trousers; pants
• 库warehouse; storehouse; (file) library
• 喾one of the five legendary emperors, also called 高辛氏
• 绔variant of 裤