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Usage of the character 沖

chōng
[沖]
  • (of water) to dash against
  • to mix with water
  • to infuse
  • to rinse
  • to flush
  • to develop (a film)
  • to rise in the air
  • to clash
  • to collide with
duìchōng
对冲
[對沖]
  • hedging (finance)
chōngyìn
冲印
[沖印]
  • to develop and print (photographic film)
Lín Chōng
林冲
[林沖]
  • Lin Chong, one of the Heroes of the Marsh in Water Margin
chōngfú
冲服
[沖服]
  • to take medicine in solution
  • infusion
chōngliáng
冲凉
[沖涼]
  • (dialect) to take a shower
chōngdàn
冲淡
[沖淡]
  • to dilute
chōngjué
冲决
[沖決]
  • to burst (e.g. a dam)
chōngchōng
冲冲
[沖沖]
  • excitedly
chōngpào
冲泡
[沖泡]
  • to add water (or other liquid) to (another ingredient such as powdered milk or tea leaves)
  • to infuse (tea)
chōngzǎo
冲澡
[沖澡]
  • to take a shower
chōngjī
冲积
[沖積]
  • to alluviate
  • alluviation
  • alluvial
Chōngshéng
冲绳
[沖繩]
  • Okinawa, Japan
chōngtiáo
冲调
[沖調]
  • to reconstitute (a powdered beverage) by adding water, milk etc
chōngzǒu
冲走
[沖走]
  • to flush away
chōnglíng
冲龄
[沖齡]
  • childhood (typically used in reference to an emperor)
chōngjī
冲击
[沖擊]
  • variant of 衝擊/冲击 (chōngjī)
huíchōng
回冲
[回沖]
  • backwash
yuānchōng
渊冲
[淵沖]
  • erudite but open-minded
chōngzhàng
冲账
[沖賬]
  • (accounting) to strike a balance
  • to reverse an entry
  • to write off
Chén Chōng
陈冲
[陳沖]
  • Joan Chen (1961-), Chinese born American actress
Cáo Chōng
曹冲
[曹沖]
  • Cao Chong (196-208), son of Cao Cao 曹操 ( Cáo Cāo)
chōngjì
冲剂
[沖劑]
  • medicine to be taken after being mixed with water (or other liquid)
chòngyā
冲压
[沖壓]
  • to stamp
  • to press (sheet metal)
  • Taiwan pr. (chōngyā)
chōngtā
冲塌
[沖塌]
  • to cause (a dam) to collapse
chōngxǐ
冲洗
[沖洗]
  • to rinse
  • to wash
  • to develop (photographic film)
chōngxiāo
冲销
[沖銷]
  • (accounting) to charge against
  • to write off
chōngyì
冲挹
[沖挹]
  • to defer to
  • to be submissive
chōngdiào
冲掉
[沖掉]
  • to wash out
  • to leach
chōngtiān
冲天
[沖天]
  • to soar
  • to rocket
bāchōng
八冲
[八沖]
  • eight surges (a group of eight acupoints in Chinese acupuncture, namely PC-9, TB-1, HT-9 and LV-3, bilaterally)
chōngshí
冲蚀
[沖蝕]
  • to erode
  • erosion
Téngchōng
腾冲
[騰沖]
  • Tengchong county in Baoshan 保山 ( Bǎoshān), Yunnan
chōngshuā
冲刷
[沖刷]
  • to cleanse
  • to scrub
  • to scour
  • to wash down
  • to erode
  • to wash away
qìchōngchōng
气冲冲
[氣沖沖]
  • furious; enraged
Ní Sìchōng
倪嗣冲
[倪嗣沖]
  • Ni Sichong (1868-1924), general closely linked to Yuan Shikai 袁世凱/袁世凯 ( Yuán Shìkǎi) during his unsuccessful 1915 bid for Empire
chōngfújì
冲服剂
[沖服劑]
  • dose of medicine to be taken in solution
  • infusion
chōngyáqì
冲牙器
[沖牙器]
  • water pick
  • oral irrigator
nùchōngchōng
怒冲冲
[怒沖沖]
  • furiously
chōngjīcéng
冲积层
[沖積層]
  • alluvial deposit
  • alluvium
Zǔchōngzhī
祖冲之
[祖沖之]
  • Zu Chongzhi (429-500), astronomer and mathematician
xìngchōngchōng
兴冲冲
[興沖沖]
  • full of joy and expectations
  • animatedly
Téngchōngxiàn
腾冲县
[騰沖縣]
  • Tengchong county in Baoshan 保山 ( Bǎoshān), Yunnan
Chōngshéng Dǎo
冲绳岛
[沖繩島]
  • Okinawa Island
chōnglínyù
冲淋浴
[沖淋浴]
  • to take a shower
Chōngshéngxiàn
冲绳县
[沖繩縣]
  • Okinawa prefecture, Japan
duìchōngjījīn
对冲基金
[對沖基金]
  • hedge fund
chōngjīpíngyuán
冲积平原
[沖積平原]
  • alluvial plain
chòuqìchōngtiān
臭气冲天
[臭氣沖天]
  • (idiom) to stink to high heaven
qìchōngniúdǒu
气冲牛斗
[氣沖牛斗]
  • (idiom) extremely angry; infuriated
shùmǎchōngyìn
数码冲印
[數碼沖印]
  • digital printing
qìchōngxiāohàn
气冲霄汉
[氣沖霄漢]
  • (idiom) dauntless; courageous; spirited
nùqì-chōngchōng
怒气冲冲
[怒氣沖沖]
  • (idiom) spitting anger; in a rage
chōnghūntóunǎo
冲昏头脑
[沖昏頭腦]
  • lit. to be muddled in the brain (idiom); fig. excited and unable to act rationally
  • to go to one's head
Chōngshéng Qúndǎo
冲绳群岛
[沖繩群島]
  • the Okinawa archipelago
dàshuǐchōngle Lóngwángmiào
大水冲了龙王庙
[大水沖了龍王廟]
  • lit. surging waters flooded the Dragon King temple (idiom)
  • fig. to fail to recognize a familiar person
  • a dispute between close people who fail to recognize each other