HSK 6 · Adjectives

粗鲁 cūlǔ “rude” in Chinese

Traditional 粗魯

What 粗鲁 means

  1. rude
  2. crude
  3. coarse
  4. crude (in one’s manner)
  5. boorish

How to say 粗鲁

  • 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 third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale鲁lǔ3rd tone, dipping

粗鲁 in a sentence

  1. 你应该为你的粗鲁向她道歉。

    Nǐ yīnggāi wèi nǐ de cūlǔ xiàng tā dàoqiàn.

    You should apologise to her for being rude.

    Sentence #452655 from Tatoeba

  2. 你真粗鲁！

    Nǐ zhēn cūlǔ!

    How rude of you!

    Sentence #819340 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

  3. 她原谅了男孩的粗鲁。

    Tā yuánliàng le nánhái de cūlǔ.

    She forgave the boy’s rudeness.

    Sentence #332828 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 粗鲁 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 鲁 (lǔ) with each of its parts in a different colour
鲁lǔcrass
  • 鱼fish · yú
  • 日sun · rì

How to write 粗鲁

粗 11 strokes · 鲁 12 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

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

Words related to 粗鲁

Words with 粗

粗心cūxīn · careless粗糙cūcāo · rough

More words: Adjectives

纯洁chúnjié · pure慈祥cíxiáng · kindly从容cóngróng · calm脆弱cuìruò · fragile得力délì · capable得天独厚détiāndúhòu · richly endowed by nature典型diǎnxíng · typical丢三落四diūsānlàsì · forgetful

FAQs

粗鲁 (cūlǔ) means “rude” or “crude”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it cūlǔ: cū with a 1st tone, then lǔ with a 3rd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 粗鲁 is written 粗魯. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type culu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 粗鲁 from the suggestions. Typing culu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
粗鲁 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.