Chinese Word: 啜 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

啜

Pinyin: chuò

English Definition: (literary) to drink; to sip; to sob

Chinese Definition:
①饮，吃：啜茶。啜粥。
②哭泣时抽噎的样子：啜泣。

Total strokes: 11; Radical: 口

Pictophonetic:叕 indicates the sound; 口 (mouth) conveys the meaning.

Character Formation:

⿰ Left to right
- 口 [ kǒu ] mouth; entrance, gate, opening
- 叕 [ zhuó ] to connect

Similar Characters: 掇缀

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啜泣	chuò qì	to sob
啜饮	chuò yǐn	to sip
嘤嘤啜泣	yīng yīng chuò qì	sobbing; faint sound of weeping (idiom)
相偎啜泣	xiāng wēi chuò qì	to clasp each other and weep (idiom)
啜茶品茗	chuò chá pǐn míng	sip tea (idiom)

1		ràng 让 yīng ér 婴儿 chuò 啜 nǎi tóu 奶头 méi yǒu 没有 hǎo chu 好处。 It's no good letting a baby suck the nipple.
2		“ nǐ 你 yǒu 有 hái zi 孩子 ma 吗？ ” tā 她 chuò 啜 le 了 yī 一 xiǎo kǒu 小口 kā fēi 咖啡 wèn dào 问道。 "Do you have any children?" she asked me after a very small sip from her coffee cup.
3		“ bà ba 爸爸 yào 要 wǒ men 我们 jié hūn 结婚， ” tā 他 chuò 啜 le 了 yì diǎn 一点 chá 茶 hòu 后， jiē zhe 接着 shuō 说。 Papa wants us to be married,' he continued, after sipping some of the liquid.
4		wǒ 我 zhǐ shì 只是 pò bù jí dài 迫不及待 de 地 chuò 啜 guò 过 jǐ 几 xiǎo kǒu 小口， cóng lái 从来 méi yǒu 没有 zì jǐ 自己 hē guò 喝过 yī píng 一瓶。 A few tantalizing sips was all I had ever had, and certainly never my own bottle.
5		dāng 当 nǐ 你 zuò 做 yùn dòng 运动 shí 时， yě 也 dài 带 shàng 上 yī gè 一个 shuǐ hú 水壶， ér 而 bú shi 不是 xiǎo 小 chuò 啜 jǐ 几 kǒu 口 pēn quán 喷泉。 When you exercise, bring a bottle instead of just sipping at the fountain.

1		ràng 让 yīng ér 婴儿 chuò 啜 nǎi tóu 奶头 méi yǒu 没有 hǎo chu 好处。 It's no good letting a baby suck the nipple.
2		“ nǐ 你 yǒu 有 hái zi 孩子 ma 吗？ ” tā 她 chuò 啜 le 了 yī 一 xiǎo kǒu 小口 kā fēi 咖啡 wèn dào 问道。 "Do you have any children?" she asked me after a very small sip from her coffee cup.
3		“ bà ba 爸爸 yào 要 wǒ men 我们 jié hūn 结婚， ” tā 他 chuò 啜 le 了 yì diǎn 一点 chá 茶 hòu 后， jiē zhe 接着 shuō 说。 Papa wants us to be married,' he continued, after sipping some of the liquid.
4		wǒ 我 zhǐ shì 只是 pò bù jí dài 迫不及待 de 地 chuò 啜 guò 过 jǐ 几 xiǎo kǒu 小口， cóng lái 从来 méi yǒu 没有 zì jǐ 自己 hē guò 喝过 yī píng 一瓶。 A few tantalizing sips was all I had ever had, and certainly never my own bottle.
5		dāng 当 nǐ 你 zuò 做 yùn dòng 运动 shí 时， yě 也 dài 带 shàng 上 yī gè 一个 shuǐ hú 水壶， ér 而 bú shi 不是 xiǎo 小 chuò 啜 jǐ 几 kǒu 口 pēn quán 喷泉。 When you exercise, bring a bottle instead of just sipping at the fountain.