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Pinyin: chǔ
English Definition: distinct; clear; orderly; pain; suffering; deciduous bush used in Chinese medicine (genus Vitex); punishment cane (old); surname Chu; abbr. for Hubei 湖北省 provinces together; Chinese kingdom during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods (722-221 BC)
Chinese Definition:
①落叶灌木,鲜叶可入药。枝干坚劲,可以做杖。亦称“牡荆”。
②古代的刑杖,或学校扑责学生的小杖:捶楚。夏楚。楚掠(拷打)。楚挞(拷打)。
③中国春秋时国名:楚天(楚地的天空。因楚在南方,亦泛指南方天空)。楚声。楚歌(楚人之歌)。楚狂。楚腰(泛称女子的细腰)。楚辞。四面楚歌。楚材晋用(指使用他国人才,或指人才外流)。
④指中国湖北省和湖南省,特指湖北省:楚剧。
⑤痛苦:苦楚。痛楚。凄楚。酸楚。
⑥清晰,鲜明,整洁:清楚。衣冠楚楚。
⑦姓氏。
Total strokes: 13; Radical:
Character Formation:
  • Above to below
    • [ lín ] forest, grove; surname
    • [ ] roll, bolt of cloth; foot
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Example Words
痛楚 tòng chǔ pain; anguish; suffering
一清二楚 qīng èr chǔ to be very clear about sth (idiom)
酸楚 suān chǔ disconsolate; forlorn; grievance
苦楚 chǔ suffering; misery; pain (esp. psychological)
凄楚 chǔ sad; wretched; miserable
More: 楚* | *楚 | *楚*
Example Sentences
1
Old Chu didn't recognize whose serving boy it was, but he thought getting out of bed might do him good; a meal out would lift his spirits.
2
But in the Chu culture, life can be gushing.
3
From that moment on, Chu, in Let's Go Watch the Meteor Shower, is on a love journey with handsome young tycoons.
4
"They say we're too different and that we're weird and pathetic," said Chu, who runs a trendy boutique with his wife in an aging section of Beijing filled with classical courtyard homes.
5
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There was a lazy man in the country of Chu. All day he was thinking of how to make a big fortune without much effort.