冲 (chòng) — toward, facing (colloquial); aimed at (a person or thing); (of a smell or taste) strong, pungent
Definition
冲 (chòng) here is a preposition/prep-like verb meaning 'toward, aimed at' in colloquial use (e.g. 她冲我笑 = she smiled at me), distinct from the HSK5 verb 冲 (chōng) 'to rinse / to charge'.
towardfacing (colloquial)aimed at (a person or thing)(of a smell or taste) strongpungent
Easily confused
Examples
- 冲。Hǎi làng chòng zài shí tou shàng.The waves dash against the rocks.
- 冲。Qǐng yòng kāi shuǐ chòng chá.Please use boiling water to brew tea.
- 冲。Hóng shuǐ chòng huài le fáng zi.The flood water damaged the house.
Origin
Sound + meaning六书liùshū
形声xíngshēngMost characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.
This origin belongs to the traditional form 衝; 冲 is its simplified writing.
The simplified 冲 stands for more than one traditional character. In most words (冲, 冲动) it is 衝; in others (冲) it is 沖.
The traditional form 衝 shows 重 inside 行, with 行 as the meaning part and 重 as the sound part; the simplified 冲 is a later shorthand.
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