Chinese Character Dictionary

This dictionary collects useful information about Chinese characters, including stroke order, structure, pinyin, zhuyin, Cantonese romanization, Minnan romanization, Chaozhou romanization, words, idioms and explanations.
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Stroke order, structure, pinyin, zhuyin, romanization, words and explanations for ""

Basic information
Strokes: 7 Radical: 月 Structure: 左右结构
Pinyin: zhǒu Zhuyin: ㄓㄡˇ Yueping: jau2 Guangdong: zeo2
Minnan: tiú Chaozhou: diu2 Tang: djiǒu
Stroke order:
Words:三肘悬肘拟肘掣肘杨枝肘牵肘系肘肘后肘后方肘子肘弯肘手炼足肘押肘拐肘掣肘生柳肘窝肘翼
Idioms:事生肘腋变生肘腋害起肘腋捉衿肘见捉衿见肘捉衿露肘捉襟肘见捉襟见肘捉襟露肘掣襟肘见掣襟露肘牵衣肘见祸生肘腋肘胁之患肘腋之下肘腋之变肘腋之忧肘腋之患
Xiehouyu:胳膊肘子----往里弯
English meaning: the elbow; help a person shoulder a load
Detailed explanations by pronunciation
Pinyin 1: zhǒu
Zhuyin: ㄓㄡˇ
(会意。从肉从寸,寸,腕下“寸口”部位。点明肘所在的范围。本义:上下臂相接处可以弯曲的部位)同本义 肘,臂节也。——《说文》
肘者,肱与臂相接处。 反诎之,及肘。——《礼记·深衣》。注:“肘或为腕。”<br>俄而柳生其左肘。——《庄子·至乐》<br>自始合,而矢贯余手及肘。——《左传》
又如:肘膊(手臂。比喻得力的助手);肘弯(肘关节部位);肘翼(胳膊肘和羽翼,比喻切近之地);肘臂(臂膀。比喻亲信;爪牙);肘腕(肘关节向里凹下去的地方);肘行(以肘前行,表示畏服);肘行膝步(匍匐前行,表示虔诚或哀戚)
用肘触人示意;拉住肘部 柴俯不对,女肘之,柴始强颜笑。——《聊斋志异》
又如:肘掣(拉住胳膊。比喻牵制或留难);肘足(以肘触肘,以足蹑足。比喻暗中示意,互结其谋)