HSK 6 · Verbs

揍 zòu “to beat up” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 揍 means

  1. to beat up
  2. to hit
  3. to beat (sb)
  4. (coll.) to smash (sth)

How to say 揍

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale揍zòu4th tone, falling

揍 in a sentence

  1. 哥哥说谁欺负我，他就揍谁。

    Gēge shuō shéi qīfu wǒ, tā jiù zòu shéi.

    My brother said he’d sort out anyone who picked on me.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 他开玩笑说：“再说一遍，我就揍你！”

    Tā kāi wánxiào shuō: “Zài shuō yí biàn, wǒ jiù zòu nǐ!”

    He joked, “Say that again and I’ll thump you!”

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 揍 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 揍 (zòu) with each of its parts in a different colour
揍zòuto hit; to beat
  • 扌hand form of 手 · shǒuMeaning part
  • 奏to play · zòuSound part

扌 hints at the meaning (hand); 奏 (zòu) hints at the sound. Compare it with zòu.

How to write 揍

揍 12 strokes

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

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

Words related to 揍

More words: Common Verbs

坠zhuì · to fall着手zhuóshǒu · to set about注视zhùshì · to gaze at铸造zhùzào · to cast (metal)阻碍zǔ'ài · to hinder阻拦zǔlán · to stop阻挠zǔnáo · to obstruct遵循zūnxún · to follow

FAQs

揍 (zòu) means “to beat up” or “to hit”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it zòu: zòu with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 揍 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zou with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 揍 from the suggestions. Typing zou into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
揍 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.