Definition
捶 means to beat or pound repeatedly, often with a fist or a tool like a hammer. It's more forceful than 敲 (tapping), less destructive than 砸 (smashing), and distinct from 拳 (punching with a fist) or 揍 (colloquially beating someone up). Use 捶 for thumping a pillow or pounding a surface.
verb
to beatto thumpto pound (with a stick or one's fist)
Easily confused
- 锤chuílook-alike(noun) hammer
- 吹chuīsound-aliketo blow (of wind or by mouth)
- 睡shuìlook-aliketo sleep
- 垂chuísound-aliketo hang down, to droop, to dangle
Examples
- 捶。Tā yònglì chuí zhe qiángbì.He pounded on the wall hard.
- 捶。Tā qīngqīng de chuí le yíxià zhěntou.She gently gave the pillow a thump.
- 捶。Gōngrén zài yòng chuízi chuí shuǐní dì.The worker is pounding the concrete floor with a hammer.
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