醋 — Chinese character
醋
cù
vinegar; jealousy, envy
- Pinyin
- cù
- Radical
- 164 ⾣ (Wine)
- Strokes
- 15
- Components
- 酉 昔
- Formation
- ideographic — Aged 昔 wine 酉; wine gone sour
- Japanese
- 醋 as a kanji
Common words with 醋
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 吃醋 | chī cù | to feel jealous (esp. because of a rival in love or affection) |
| 醋酸 | cù suān | acetic acid (CH3COOH); acetate |
| 添油加醋 | tiān yóu jiā cù | (lit.) to add oil and vinegar (idiom); (fig.) to embellish; to exaggerate (a story, a narration etc) |
| 糖醋 | táng cù | sweet and sour |
| 加油添醋 | jiā yóu tiān cù | to add interest (to a story); to sex up |
| 醋意 | cù yì | jealousy (in love rivalry) |
| 争风吃醋 (爭風吃醋) | zhēng fēng chī cù | to rival sb for the affection of a man or woman; to be jealous of a rival in a love affair |
| 白醋 | bái cù | white vinegar; plain vinegar |
| 食醋 | shí cù | table vinegar |
| 香醋 | xiāng cù | aromatic vinegar; balsamic vinegar |
| 醋栗 | cù lì | gooseberry |
| 米醋 | mǐ cù | rice vinegar |
English words written with 醋
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.