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Usage of the character 粥

[粥]
  • used in 葷粥/荤粥 ( Xunyū)
zhōu
[粥]
  • congee
  • gruel
  • porridge
  • CL:碗 (wǎn)
xīzhōu
稀粥
[稀粥]
  • water gruel
  • thin porridge
zhōupéng
粥棚
[粥棚]
  • food relief center
  • soup kitchen
Xūnyù
荤粥
[葷粥]
  • Xunyu, an ethnic group of northern China in ancient times
zhōuchǎng
粥厂
[粥廠]
  • food relief center
  • soup kitchen
báizhōu
白粥
[白粥]
  • plain rice congee
mǐzhōu
米粥
[米粥]
  • congee
cházhōu
𥻗粥
[𥻗粥]
  • gruel made from ground maize
  • corn grit congee
làbāzhōu
腊八粥
[臘八粥]
  • Laba congee, ceremonial rice porridge dish eaten on the 8th day of the 12th month in the Chinese calendar
bābǎozhōu
八宝粥
[八寶粥]
  • rice congee made with red beans, lotus seeds, longan, red dates, nuts etc
yànmàizhōu
燕麦粥
[燕麥粥]
  • oatmeal
  • porridge
wāndòuzhōu
豌豆粥
[豌豆粥]
  • pea gruel
yīguōzhōu
一锅粥
[一鍋粥]
  • (lit.) a pot of porridge
  • (fig.) a complete mess
bāodiànhuàzhōu
煲电话粥
[煲電話粥]
  • to talk endlessly on the phone
sēngduōzhōushǎo
僧多粥少
[僧多粥少]
  • lit. many monks and not much gruel (idiom)
  • fig. not enough to go around
  • demand exceeds supply
shīzhōushěfàn
施粥舍饭
[施粥捨飯]
  • to provide alms and rice (idiom)
zhōushǎosēngduō
粥少僧多
[粥少僧多]
  • see 僧多粥少 (sēngduōzhōushǎo)
zhōuyàngyìnghuà
粥样硬化
[粥樣硬化]
  • atherosclerosis
  • hardening of the arteries
xuèguǎnzhōuyàngyìnghuà
血管粥样硬化
[血管粥樣硬化]
  • atherosclerosis
  • hardening of the arteries
dòngmàizhōuyàngyìnghuà
动脉粥样硬化
[動脈粥樣硬化]
  • atherosclerosis
yīkēlǎoshǔshǐhuàileyīguōzhōu
一颗老鼠屎坏了一锅粥
[一顆老鼠屎壞了一鍋粥]
  • see 一粒老鼠屎壞了一鍋粥/一粒老鼠屎坏了一锅粥 (yīlìlǎoshǔshǐhuàileyīguōzhōu)
yīlìlǎoshǔshǐhuàileyīguōzhōu
一粒老鼠屎坏了一锅粥
[一粒老鼠屎壞了一鍋粥]
  • lit. one pellet of rat feces spoiled the whole pot of congee (idiom)
  • fig. one bad apple can spoil the whole bunch