Chinese Word: 舂 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

舂

Pinyin: chōng

English Definition: to pound (grain); beat

Chinese Definition:
①把东西放在石臼或乳钵里捣掉皮壳或捣碎：舂米。舂药。

Total strokes: 11; Radical: 臼

Pictophonetic:秦 indicates the sound; 臼 (mortar) conveys the meaning.

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Similar Characters: 春

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to be forced to grind grain as a punishment (old)

1		tā 她 chōng 舂 niǎn 碾 nǐ 你 dào 到 jié bái 洁白。 He grinds you to whiteness.
2		tā 他 chōng 舂 dǎ 打 nǐ 你 shǐ 使 nǐ 你 chì luǒ 赤裸。 He threshes you to make you naked.
3		shǒu 手 chí jiǔ 持久 de 的 dòng zuò 动作， qiāo dǎ 敲打 yě 也， dǎo 捣 chōng 舂 yě 也。 Prolonged hand movement. To knock, to pound with pestle .
4		wǒ 我 mǔ qīn 母亲 guò qù 过去 zǒng shì 总是 yòng 用 shǒu gōng 手工 bǎ 把 xiǎo mài 小麦 chōng 舂 chéng 成 miàn fěn 面粉。 My mother used to pound the wheat into flour by hand.
5		pán zi 盘子 lǐ 里 piāo zhe 飘着 shǔ zǐ 黍子 mí nǐ 迷你 xiāng wèi 香味 de 的 chōng 舂 bā bā 粑粑 nuò 糯 xiāng 香！ Plate Piaozhuo millet mini-Chung Baba waxy smell of incense!

1		tā 她 chōng 舂 niǎn 碾 nǐ 你 dào 到 jié bái 洁白。 He grinds you to whiteness.
2		tā 他 chōng 舂 dǎ 打 nǐ 你 shǐ 使 nǐ 你 chì luǒ 赤裸。 He threshes you to make you naked.
3		shǒu 手 chí jiǔ 持久 de 的 dòng zuò 动作， qiāo dǎ 敲打 yě 也， dǎo 捣 chōng 舂 yě 也。 Prolonged hand movement. To knock, to pound with pestle .
4		wǒ 我 mǔ qīn 母亲 guò qù 过去 zǒng shì 总是 yòng 用 shǒu gōng 手工 bǎ 把 xiǎo mài 小麦 chōng 舂 chéng 成 miàn fěn 面粉。 My mother used to pound the wheat into flour by hand.
5		pán zi 盘子 lǐ 里 piāo zhe 飘着 shǔ zǐ 黍子 mí nǐ 迷你 xiāng wèi 香味 de 的 chōng 舂 bā bā 粑粑 nuò 糯 xiāng 香！ Plate Piaozhuo millet mini-Chung Baba waxy smell of incense!