HSK 6 · Verbs

搓 cuō “to rub (between the hands)” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 搓 means

  1. to rub (between the hands)
  2. to roll
  3. to rub or roll between the hands or fingers
  4. to twist

How to say 搓

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale搓cuō1st tone, high and level

搓 in a sentence

  1. 帮我搓一下背好吗？

    Bāng wǒ cuō yíxià bèi hǎo ma?

    Could you scrub my back for me?

    Sentence #5401381 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 搓 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 搓 (cuō) with each of its parts in a different colour
搓cuōto rub or roll between the
  • 扌hand form of 手 · shǒuMeaning part
  • 差difference · chāSound part

扌 hints at the meaning (hand); 差 (chā) hints at the sound. Compare it with cuō.

How to write 搓

搓 12 strokes

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

Words related to 搓

More words: Common Verbs

伺候cìhou · to serve凑合còuhe · to make do窜cuàn · to flee摧残cuīcán · to ruin搭dā · to put up打包dǎbāo · to pack up达成dáchéng · to reach (an agreement)带领dàilǐng · to lead

FAQs

搓 (cuō) means “to rub (between the hands)” or “to roll”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it cuō: cuō with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 搓 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type cuo with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 搓 from the suggestions. Typing cuo into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
搓 is an HSK 6 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.