HSK 5 · Adjectives

粗糙 cūcāo “rough” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 粗糙 means

  1. rough
  2. coarse
  3. crude
  4. gruff

How to say 粗糙

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale粗cū1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale糙cāo1st tone, high and level

粗糙 in a sentence

  1. 她的裙子是用粗糙的羊毛造的。

    Tā de qúnzi shì yòng cūcāo de yángmáo zuò de.

    Her skirt was made of coarse wool.

    Sentence #534354 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 鲨鱼的皮比鲔鱼的皮粗糙多了。

    Shāyú de pí bǐ wěiyú de pí cūcāo duō le.

    A shark’s skin is much rougher than a tuna’s.

    Sentence #1567823 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 这件物件的表面颇为粗糙。

    Zhè jiàn wùjiàn de biǎomiàn pōwéi cūcāo.

    The surface of this object is quite rough.

    Sentence #759701 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 粗糙 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 粗 (cū) with each of its parts in a different colour
粗cūwide; thick
  • 米rice · mǐMeaning part
  • 且moreover · qiěSound part

米 hints at the meaning (rice); 且 (qiě) hints at the sound. Compare it with cū.

The character 糙 (cāo) with each of its parts in a different colour
糙cāorough
  • 米rice · mǐMeaning part
  • 造to build · zàoSound part

米 hints at the meaning (rice); 造 (zào) hints at the sound. Compare it with cāo.

How to write 粗糙

粗 11 strokes · 糙 16 strokes

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粗糙 (cūcāo) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 粗糙 (cūcāo). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 粗糙

Words with 粗

粗心cūxīn · careless粗鲁cūlǔ · rude

More words: Adjectives

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FAQs

粗糙 (cūcāo) means “rough” or “coarse”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it cūcāo: cū with a 1st tone, then cāo with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 粗糙 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type cucao with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 粗糙 from the suggestions. Typing cucao into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
粗糙 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.