Chinese Word: 捶 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

捶

Pinyin: chuí

English Definition: to beat with the fist; to hammer; to cudgel

Chinese Definition:
①敲打：捶衣。捶鼓。捶打。捶拓。捶挞。捶楚(古代的杖刑)。捶胸顿足。

Total strokes: 11; Radical: 手

Pictophonetic:垂 indicates the sound; 扌 (hand) conveys the meaning.

Character Formation:

⿰ Left to right
- 扌 [ shǒu ] hand
- 垂 [ chuí ] to hang, to dangle; to hand down, to bequeath; almost, near

Similar Characters: 陲睡锤棰埵

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捶打	chuí dǎ	to beat; to pound; to thump
捶胸顿足	chuí xiōng dùn zú	to beat one's chest and stamp one's feet (idiom)
捶击	chuí jī	to beat; to thump
顿足捶胸	dùn zú chuí xiōng	to stamp one's feet and beat one's breast (idiom)
捶背	chuí bèi	to massage sb's back by pounding it lightly with one's fists

1		yǒu rén 有人 zài 在 chuí 捶 mén 门 ne 呢。 Someone is thumping at the door.
2		tā 她 yòu 又 dǎ 打， yòu 又 chuí 捶， yòu 又 tī 踢。 She punched, thrashed and kicked.
3		tā yòng 他用 shǒu 手 chuí 捶 zhe 着 tā 他 de 的 tóu 头。 He smashes his head with his hand.
4		tā 她 bǎ 把 nà 那 diàn zi 垫子 chuí 捶 píng 平 le 了。 She thumped the cushion flat .
5		tā 他 fēi cháng 非常 shēng qì 生气， yòng 用 quán tou 拳头 zhòng 重 chuí 捶 zhuō zi 桌子。 He was so angry that he thumped the table with his fist.

1		yǒu rén 有人 zài 在 chuí 捶 mén 门 ne 呢。 Someone is thumping at the door.
2		tā 她 yòu 又 dǎ 打， yòu 又 chuí 捶， yòu 又 tī 踢。 She punched, thrashed and kicked.
3		tā yòng 他用 shǒu 手 chuí 捶 zhe 着 tā 他 de 的 tóu 头。 He smashes his head with his hand.
4		tā 她 bǎ 把 nà 那 diàn zi 垫子 chuí 捶 píng 平 le 了。 She thumped the cushion flat .
5		tā 他 fēi cháng 非常 shēng qì 生气， yòng 用 quán tou 拳头 zhòng 重 chuí 捶 zhuō zi 桌子。 He was so angry that he thumped the table with his fist.