戳
chuō HSK7

prick

戳 chuō
poke verb
to jab, poke, or stab with a finger or a pointed object

他用手指在窗户纸上戳了一个洞。

tā yòng shǒu​zhǐ zài chuāng​hu​zhǐ shàng chuō le yī gè dòng.

He poked a hole in the window paper with his finger.

blunt verb
to blunt or damage the tip of an object by jabbing it against something hard

这支钢笔的笔尖戳坏了。

zhè zhī gāng​bǐ de bǐ​jiān chuō huài le.

The tip of this pen is broken.

fuck verb
a vulgar or dialectal term for sexual intercourse

那个粗鲁的流氓满嘴都是“戳”这种脏话。

nà​gè cū​lǔ de liú​máng mǎn zuǐ dōu shì“ chuō” zhè zhǒng zāng​huà.

That rude thug is constantly using foul language.

sprain verb
to sprain a joint (usually a finger or toe) by a sudden impact

打篮球时我不小心把食指戳伤了。

dǎ lán​qiú shí wǒ bù xiǎo​xīn bǎ shí​zhǐ chuō shāng le.

I accidentally jammed my index finger while playing basketball.

stamp noun
a seal, chop, or the mark left by a stamp

他在收据上盖了一个戳。

tā zài shōu​jù shàng gài le yī gè chuō.

He put a stamp on the receipt.

stand verb
to stand something upright or to stand still in a fixed position

别在这儿戳着，快去帮忙。

bié zài zhè​r chuō zhe, kuài qù bāng​máng.

Don't just stand there; go and help.

Frequency
Character
Written text
2,944th most common 10.6 per million
Movie subtitles
2,380th most common 10.4 per million appears in 5% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
12.3 per million appears in 4% of films
Written text
18.7 per million

Details
HSK 3.0
Level 7
Strokes
18
Unicode
U+6233

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