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粥

yù · yu/zhōu · zhou

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HSK 6Measure word: 碗 wǎn

Meaning

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yù 粥

  1. used in 葷粥 / 荤粥 (Xūnyù)

zhōu 粥

  1. congee
  2. gruel
  3. porridge
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Sold out of congee

  1. Dengdeng

    天气(tiānqì)好(hǎo)冷(lěng)，我(wǒ)想(xiǎng)喝(hē)一碗(yīwǎn)热(rè)粥(zhōu)。

    It is so cold. I want a bowl of hot congee.

  2. Liangliang

    好啊(hǎoa)，路口(lùkǒu)那(nà)家(jiā)店(diàn)的(de)粥(zhōu)很(hěn)好喝(hǎohē)。

    Sure. The congee at the shop on the corner is delicious.

  3. Dengdeng

    你(nǐ)喝(hē)白粥(báizhōu)还是(háishi)皮蛋粥(pídànzhōu)？

    Will you have plain congee or century egg congee?

  4. Liangliang

    我(wǒ)喝(hē)白粥(báizhōu)，你(nǐ)呢(ne)？

    I will have plain congee. And you?

  5. Dengdeng

    我(wǒ)也(yě)要(yào)白粥(báizhōu)……咦(yí)，门口(ménkǒu)写着(xiězhe)粥(zhōu)卖完(màiwán)了(le)。

    I want plain congee too... huh, the sign at the door says the congee is sold out.

  6. Liangliang

    没关系(méiguānxi)，那(nà)我们(wǒmen)去(qù)喝(hē)豆浆(dòujiāng)吃(chī)油条(yóutiáo)。

    Never mind. Let us go and have soy milk and fried dough sticks.

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2 examples
01

唯(wéi)有(yǒu)加(jiā)很(hěn)多(duō)糖(táng)才(cái)能(néng)让(ràng)我(wǒ)喝(hē)得(de)下(xià)粥(zhōu)。

The only way I can eat porridge is with lots of sugar.

Tatoeba: Chinese by DaoSeng · English by sundown · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

02

早(zǎo)上(shang)喝(hē)一(yì)碗(wǎn)热(rè)粥(zhōu)，胃(wèi)里(lǐ)会(huì)舒(shū)服(fu)很(hěn)多(duō)。

Drinking a bowl of hot porridge in the morning makes your stomach feel much better.

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