揣
chuāichuǎichuài HSK7

put things under clothes

揣 chuāi frequency
pocket verb
to put something into one's pockets or clothes

他把那封信揣在怀里。

tā bǎ nà fēng xìn chuāi zài huái​lǐ.

He tucked the letter into his bosom.

揣 chuǎi
estimate verb
to estimate, guess, figure, or surmise based on information or intuition

你揣揣看，他这么做到底是为什么？

nǐ chuǎi chuǎi kàn, tā zhè​me zuò dào​dǐ shì wèi​shén​me?

Try to guess why on earth he's doing this.

揣 chuài
flabby verb
used in 囊揣 nāng​chuài, referring to flabby fat or a weak, incompetent character

他长得一身囊揣肉，稍微动一动就出汗。

tā zhǎng de yī shēn nāng​chuài ròu, shāo​wēi dòng yī dòng jiù chū​hàn.

He is quite flabby and breaks into a sweat as soon as he moves a little.

struggle verb
used in 挣揣 zhèng​chuài, meaning to struggle, strive, or exert effort to make a living or overcome difficulty

他在病榻上苦苦挣揣，希望能早日康复。

tā zài bìng​tà shàng kǔ​kǔ zhèng​chuài, xī​wàng néng zǎo​rì kāng​fù.

He is struggling on his sickbed, hoping for a speedy recovery.

Frequency
Character
Written text
3,034th most common 9.45 per million
Movie subtitles
3,220th most common 2.41 per million appears in 2% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
2.06 per million appears in 1% of films
Written text
4.13 per million

Details
HSK 3.0
Level 7
Strokes
12
Unicode
U+63E3

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