楚 (chǔ) means Clear (pang - suffering). Below are 24 of the 31 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
请说清 楚 一点儿。
Qǐng shuō qīngchu yìdiǎnr.
Please speak a little more clearly.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 清楚
他的解释很清 楚 。
Tā de jiěshì hěn qīngchu.
His explanation was very clear.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 解释
我的耳朵听不清 楚 。
Wǒ de ěrduo tīng bu qīngchu.
My ears can't hear it clearly.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 耳朵
老师的要求很清 楚 。
Lǎoshī de yāoqiú hěn qīngchu.
The teacher's requirements are very clear.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 要求
辞职以前要想清 楚 。
Cízhí yǐqián yào xiǎng qīngchu.
Think it through before you resign.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 辞职
黑板上的字看不清 楚 。
Hēibǎn shàng de zì kàn bu qīngchu.
I can't see the writing on the blackboard clearly.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 清楚
这种感觉很难说清 楚 。
Zhè zhǒng gǎnjué hěn nán shuō qīngchu.
This feeling is hard to describe.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 感觉
签合同以前要看清 楚 。
Qiān hétong yǐqián yào kàn qīngchu.
Read it carefully before signing the contract.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 合同
他的简历写得很清 楚 。
Tā de jiǎnlì xiě de hěn qīngchu.
His resume is clearly written.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 简历
这个位置看得很清 楚 。
Zhège wèizhi kàn de hěn qīngchu.
You can see clearly from this spot.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 位置
这本书印刷得很清 楚 。
Zhè běn shū yìnshuā de hěn qīngchu.
This book is clearly printed.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 印刷
这张地图的比例很清 楚 。
Zhè zhāng dìtú de bǐlì hěn qīngchu.
The scale of this map is very clear.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 比例
这篇文章的结构很清 楚 。
Zhè piān wénzhāng de jiégòu hěn qīngchu.
The structure of this article is very clear.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 结构
这个问题我终于弄清 楚 了。
Zhège wèntí wǒ zhōngyú nòng qīngchu le.
I have finally got this question straight.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 弄
两家的地界划分得很清 楚 。
Liǎng jiā de dìjiè huàfēn de hěn qīngchu.
The boundary between the two households is clearly drawn.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 划分
请你交代清 楚 当时的情况。
Qǐng nǐ jiāodài qīngchu dāngshí de qíngkuàng.
Please give a clear account of what happened at the time.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 交代
当时的情形我记得很清 楚 。
Dāngshí de qíngxing wǒ jìde hěn qīngchu.
I remember the situation at the time very clearly.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 情形
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From the graded readers
她说话不快,可是每个字都很清 楚 。
tā shuōhuà bùkuài, kěshì měi gè zì dōu hěn qīngchu.
She doesn't speak fast, but every word is clear.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · My Chinese Teacher
这次我看清 楚 了才下单——蓝色,大号。
zhècì wǒ kānqīng chǔ le / liǎo / liào cái xià dān—— lánsè, dà hào / háo.
This time I checked properly before ordering — blue, large.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Shopping Online
从那以后,我学会了一件事:先问清 楚 ,再生气。
cóng nà / nèi yǐhòu, wǒ xuéhuìle yíjiàn shì: xiān wèn qīngchu, zài shēngqì.
Since then I've learned one thing: find out first, get angry afterwards.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · A Misunderstanding
楚 appears in 31 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
Words that contain 楚
Each of these has sentences of its own, so you can see the character doing a different job in each one.
Questions about 楚
How is 楚 used in a sentence?
This page shows 31 sentences using 楚 (chǔ, "Clear (pang - suffering)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 楚 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 楚 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Where can I see the full entry for 楚?
The dictionary page for 楚 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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