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骤

zhòu

HSK 5 Character Traditional 驟

What 骤 means

1. sudden
2. unexpected
3. abrupt
4. suddenly
5. Taiwan pr. zòu

Example sentences

• 天空风云骤起。
  Tiānkōng fēngyún zhòu qǐ.
  The sky looks angry.

Words starting with 骤

• 骤然zhòu ránsuddenly; abruptly
• 骤雨zhòu yǔsudden downpour; brief heavy rain
• 骤降zhòu jiàngto fall rapidly; to plummet
• 骤死zhòu sǐsudden death (play-off in sporting competition)
• 骤减zhòu jiǎnto decrease rapidly; to plummet
• 骤变zhòu biànto change suddenly; to change abruptly
• 骤死式zhòu sǐ shìsudden death style play-off (sporting competition)

Words containing 骤

• 步骤bù zhòuprocedure; step
• 暴风骤雨bào fēng zhòu yǔviolent wind and rainstorm; hurricane; tempest
• 急骤jí zhòurapid
• 分步骤fēn bù zhòustep by step; one step at a time
• 狂风骤雨kuáng fēng zhòu yǔstrong wind and heavy rain (idiom)
• 心脏骤停xīn zàng zhòu tíngcardiac arrest

Characters that look like 骤

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

• 邀yāoto invite; to request; to intercept
• 澡zǎobath
• 朦méngused in 朦胧
• 镰lián(bound form) sickle
• 璨càngem; luster of gem
• 臊sàoshame; bashfulness; to shame

Sounds the same

Read zhòu, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 宙eternity; (geology) eon
• 昼daytime
• 皱to wrinkle; wrinkled; to crease
• 咒incantation; magic spell; curse
• 绉crepe; wrinkle
• 胄helmet; descendants
• 纣crupper (harness strap running over a horse's hindquarters and under its tail)
• 甃brickwork of well
• 酎strong wine
• 㑇(old) beautiful; clever
• 㤘(dialect) stubborn
• 咮beak of bird; peck at