HSK 6 · Verbs

揉 róu “to rub” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 揉 means

  1. to rub
  2. to knead
  3. to massage

How to say 揉

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale揉róu2nd tone, rising

揉 in a sentence

  1. 她揉了揉她的眼睛。

    Tā róu le róu tā de yǎnjing.

    She rubbed her eyes.

    Sentence #12992342 from Tatoeba

  2. 手脏的时候千万不要揉眼睛。

    Shǒu zāng de shíhou qiānwàn búyào róu yǎnjing.

    Never rub your eyes with dirty hands.

    Sentence #397020 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

How 揉 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 揉 (róu) with each of its parts in a different colour
揉róuto knead
  • 扌hand form of 手 · shǒu
  • 柔soft · róu

How to write 揉

揉 12 strokes

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

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

Words related to 揉

More words: Common Verbs

染rǎn · to dye扰乱rǎoluàn · to disturb惹祸rěhuò · to cause trouble容纳róngnà · to hold散布sànbù · to spread散发sànfā · to give off丧失sàngshī · to lose筛选shāixuǎn · to screen

FAQs

揉 (róu) means “to rub” or “to knead”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it róu: róu with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 揉 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type rou with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 揉 from the suggestions. Typing rou into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
揉 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.