粗
cū HSK4

rough, coarse

粗 cū frequency
thick adjective
thick in diameter or wide (of long objects)

这条绳子太粗，没法穿过这个细小的洞口。

zhè tiáo shéng​zi tài cū, méi​fǎ chuān​guò zhè​ge xì​xiǎo de dòng​kǒu.

The rope is too thick to fit through the tiny hole.

coarse adjective
having large grains or a rough texture

这些粗砂不适合用来抹墙。

zhè​xiē cū shā bù shì​hé yòng​lái mò qiáng.

This coarse sand is not suitable for plastering walls.

gruff adjective
deep, low, or harsh (of a voice)

他说话的声音很大很粗。

tā shuō​huà de shēng​yīn hěn dà hěn cū.

He speaks in a loud, gravelly voice.

crude adjective
rough, careless, or rude in manner or workmanship

他的举止很粗，甚至有些无礼。

tā de jǔ​zhǐ hěn cū, shèn​zhì yǒu​xiē wú​lǐ.

His manners are coarse, even a bit rude.

粗 (麤) cū
remote adjective
remote; distant

那个边远小城地势粗僻，很少有游客前往。

nà​gè biān​yuǎn xiǎo chéng dì​shì cū pì, hěn shǎo yǒu yóu​kè qián​wǎng.

That remote small town is rugged and secluded, so few tourists visit it.

Cross-References

Has variant

Frequency
Character
Written text
1,414th most common 80.4 per million
Movie subtitles
1,610th most common 36.5 per million appears in 20% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
11.6 per million appears in 5% of films
Written text
32.9 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 4
HSK 3.0
Level 4
Strokes
11
Unicode
U+7C97

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