撮

The character "撮" has 15 strokes. "撮" is one of the 3500 commonly used characters. The character "撮" has 2 pronunciations, it is a polyphonic character. The pronunciations of "撮" are "cuō" "zuǒ" . View the stroke order of "撮">>

The basic meaning of the Chinese character "撮"

v.: pick up/hold with fingers; extract; summarize; gather; assemble; bring together; scoop up/gather (with a dustpan/shovel); eat; have a meal

quant.: pinch; handful (of bad people); cuo; tuft

• extract : v.取出；拔出；提取；提炼；摘录；选取；总结出；抄录；推断出；引申出
• summarize : v.总结；概括
• gather : v.集合；聚集；累积；收集；采集；搜集；推断；猜测；以为；增加；积聚；集中
• assemble : v.聚集；集合；装配…部件；使（人或物为共同目的）聚集；召集；调集；应雌性释放的外激素聚集在一起交配；汇编
• bring together : 集合；汇集；团结
• eat : v.吃
• have a meal : 吃饭；就餐
• pinch : v.捏；拧；掐；夹；节约；节省；逮捕；拘留；拘捕；使…紧抢风
• cuo : abbr.氧化铜（Cupric oxide的缩写）
• tuft : n.一束；一簇；细血管丛；呼吸腺毛丛等

Form words with "撮"

撮点儿盐 take a pinch of salt

Example phrases using "撮"

• 放一撮孜然。

  Add a pinch of cumin.

• 他体形偏瘦，举止高雅，留着一撮山羊胡子。

  He was lean and distingué, with a small goatee.

• 她却撮嘴吹起那首甜美的小调。

  When she started whistling that sweet tune.

• 把它撕碎，撒上一撮盐，然后捣烂。

  So I'm just gonna rip it up, a good pinch of salt and bash it up.

• 我们钓鱼时就带了小撮箕去撮小虾.

  When we are fishing with a small group of Kei to the group of shrimp.

• 这位律师每当沉思时便撮紧腮帮子.

  The lawyer sucked in his cheeks whenever he was thinking hard.

• 彼得·派博挑选了一撮腌制过的胡椒。

  Peter Pipper pick up a peak of pickled pepper.

• 彼德派柏捏起的是一撮泡菜。

  If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers

• 撒点儿海盐，一大撮胡椒粉。

  Pop in a bit of sea salt and a good pinch of pepper.

• 我们也可以为每撮性状颜色。

  We can also summarise the traits for each colour.