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锁

suǒ

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 character level 5 Character Traditional 鎖 Measure word 把

锁 (suǒ) means "to lock; a lock". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 锁 means

1. to lock; to lock up
2. a lock

Other readings

锁 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• suǒold variant of {锁|suǒ}

Example sentences

• 锁大门。
  Suǒ dàmén.
  Lock the gate.
• 锁坏了。
  The lock is broken.
• 九点钟锁门。
  The door is locked at nine o'clock.
• 门自动上锁。
  The door locks automatically.
• 她眉头紧锁。
  She wrinkled her brows.
• 请把门锁上。
  Please lock the door.

Words starting with 锁

• 锁定suǒ dìngto lock (a door); to close with a latch; to lock into place
• 锁上suǒ shàngto lock; to lock up
• 锁门suǒ ménto lock the door
• 锁链suǒ liànchains; shackles
• 锁骨suǒ gǔcollarbone; clavicle
• 锁区suǒ qūregion lock (gaming etc)
• 锁国suǒ guóto close a country; to exclude foreign contact; closed country…
• 锁掉suǒ diàolock up; lock out; to lock
• 锁眼suǒ yǎnkeyhole
• 锁管suǒ guǎngeneral term for squids (Tw)
• 锁头suǒ toua lock
• 锁存器suǒ cún qìlatch (electronic)
• 锁屏suǒ píng(computing) to lock the screen; lock screen
• 锁钥suǒ yuèkey and lock; (fig.) strategic place
• 锁孔suǒ kǒngkeyhole
• 锁匙suǒ chí(dialect) key; Taiwan pr. suǒ shi
• 锁喉suǒ hóuto apply a chokehold
• 锁匠suǒ jianglocksmith
• 锁闩suǒ shuānlatch; bolt (to lock a door or window)
• 锁掣suǒ chècatch (of a lock)
• 锁呐suǒ nàvariant of 唢呐

Words containing 锁

• 封锁fēng suǒto blockade; to seal off; to lock down
• 连锁lián suǒto interlock; to be linked; chain (store etc)
• 连锁店lián suǒ diànchain store
• 门锁mén suǒdoor lock
• 枷锁jiā suǒstocks and chain; in fetters
• 开锁kāi suǒto unlock
• 反锁fǎn suǒlocked in (with the door locked from the outside)
• 上锁shàng suǒto lock; to be locked
• 封锁线fēng suǒ xiànblockade line; cordon
• 连锁反应lián suǒ fǎn yìng(physics) chain reaction; (idiom) chain reaction; series of events each caused by the…
• 深锁shēn suǒlocked up; closed off; (of one's brow) furrowed; frowning
• 倒锁dào suǒlocked in (with the door locked from the outside)
• 拉锁lā suǒzipper
• 插锁chā suǒbolt-action lock (sliding bolt mechanism, surface or mortise-mounted)
• 明锁míng suǒexposed lock; external lock (e.g. padlock or surface-mounted latch) (contrasted with 暗锁
• 暗锁àn suǒbuilt-in lock; concealed lock (flush with the surface, with only the keyhole visible)…
• 死锁sǐ suǒdeadlock (computing)
• 落锁luò suǒ(of a gate, vehicle etc) to lock; to engage the lock
• 解锁jiě suǒto unlock; to release
• 闭锁bì suǒto lock
• 密码锁mì mǎ suǒcombination lock
• 弹子锁dàn zi suǒpin tumbler lock; spring lock
• 转字锁zhuàn zì suǒcombination lock
• 闭锁期bì suǒ qīlock-up period (on stock options)

Characters that look like 锁

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

• 领lǐngneck; collar; to lead
• 稍shāosomewhat; a little
• 锈xiùto rust
• 锦jǐnbrocade; embroidered work; bright
• 锯jùa saw; to saw
• 颐yí(literary) chin; jaw; (literary) to foster; to nurture; to protect

Sounds the same

Read suǒ, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 所actually; place; classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc
• 索to search; to demand; to ask
• 琐fragmentary; trifling
• 唢used in 唢呐
• 璅fragmentary; trifling
• 鎍chain; wire
• 鏁old variant of 锁

Where 锁 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Buildings, Dormitories & Sacred Spaces (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• How characters are built from components.
• How to learn Chinese characters.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read suǒ correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.