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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

[chuō]
  1. 1. verb [穿过] poke
    他不小心到了我的眼睛。
    He accidentally poked me in the eye.
  2. 2. verb [损坏] pierce
  3. 3. noun seal

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

[chuō]
  1. 1. verb jab; poke; stab; stick; thrust; prod
    就破
    break at the slightest touch
    在纸上了一个洞
    poke a hole in the paper
    小心! 你的竹竿儿别了他的眼睛。
    Be careful! Don't jab his eye out with your bamboo pole.
  2. 2. verb [Dialect] sprain; blunt
    钢笔尖儿了。
    The nib is blunted.
    打排球了手
    sprain one's wrist while playing volleyball

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

[chuō]
  1. 1. 用手指或长条形物体的顶端触或捅
    把窗户纸个洞
    就破
  2. 2. 动 [口] (手指或长条形物体的顶端)因猛力撞击硬物而受伤或损坏
    打排球了手
    笔尖
  3. 3. 动 [口] 竖起;站立
    起一杆大旗
    别老着,快坐下
  4. 4. 名 [口] 图章

Examples

就破
break at the slightest touch
钢笔尖儿了。
The nib is blunted.
脊梁骨
criticize sb. behind him; backbite
你这么做事情,不是让别人脊梁骨吗?
Doesn't it make others talk behind your back by doing things like this?
打排球了手
绝不干让人脊梁骨的事!

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[chuō]

  • Scene:

    用手指戳脑门儿 / poking his forehead with her finger

  • Examples:

    戳穿 [chuōchuān],指指戳戳 [zhǐzhǐchuōchuō],戳破 [chuōpò]

  • Description:

    戳 means to touch or poke, using the end of a finger, stick or other strip-shaped objects.

Related video notes: 戳、按

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