冲
chōngchòng HSK4

flush, wash away

冲 (衝) chōng frequency
rush verb
to move forward rapidly or go straight ahead

绿灯一亮，行人纷纷向前冲去。

lǜ​dēng yī liàng, xíng​rén fēn​fēn xiàng​qián chōng qù.

As soon as the light turned green, pedestrians rushed forward.

clash verb
to collide with or strike against something

我今天的时间安排跟他的会议冲了。

wǒ jīn​tiān de shí​jiān ān​pái gēn tā de huì​yì chōng le.

My schedule for today clashes with his meeting.

thoroughfare verb
a main road or a strategic passage where routes meet

此处地当路冲，行人车辆非常多。

cǐ​chù dì dāng lù chōng, xíng​rén chē​liàng fēi​cháng duō.

This place is at a major thoroughfare, with many pedestrians and vehicles.

冲 (沖) chōng
dash verb
to dash against, collide with, or rise in the air

巨浪不断冲向岸边的礁石。

jù​làng bù​duàn chōng xiàng àn biān de jiāo​shí.

Huge waves keep crashing against the rocks on the shore.

infuse verb
to mix with water or brew

他在给自己冲咖啡。

tā zài gěi zì​jǐ chōng kā​fēi.

He is making himself a cup of coffee.

rinse verb
to rinse or flush with water

请把碗里的泡沫冲干净。

qǐng bǎ wǎn lǐ de pào​mò chōng gān​jìng.

Please rinse the soap bubbles off the bowl.

develop verb
to develop a photographic film

底片已经冲好了。

dǐ​piàn yǐ​jīng chōng hǎo le.

The negatives have been developed.

冲 (衝) chòng
towards preposition
facing towards or in view of something

请不要冲我大声喊叫。

qǐng bù yào chòng wǒ dà​shēng hǎn​jiào.

Please don't yell at me.

powerful adjective
powerful, vigorous, or full of force

他说话的语气很冲。

tā shuō​huà de yǔ​qì hěn chòng.

He has a very aggressive tone of voice.

pungent verb
having a strong, sharp, or irritating smell or taste

芥末的味道很冲。

jiè​mo de wèi​dao hěn chòng.

The taste of mustard is very pungent.

Frequency
Character
Written text
702nd most common 275.8 per million
Movie subtitles
784th most common 160.6 per million appears in 52% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
114.8 per million appears in 33% of films
Written text
72.5 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 5
HSK 3.0
Level 4
Traditional
沖衝
Strokes
6
Unicode
U+51B2

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)