宠 (寵)
chǒng
Pinyin

Definition

宠 (寵)
 - 
chǒng
  1. to love
  2. to pamper
  3. to spoil
  4. to favor

Character Decomposition

Related Words (17)

宠爱
chǒng ài
  1. 1 to dote on sb
宠物
chǒng wù
  1. 1 house pet
受宠
shòu chǒng
  1. 1 to receive favor (from superior)
  2. 2 favored
  3. 3 pampered
受宠若惊
shòu chǒng ruò jīng
  1. 1 overwhelmed by favor from superior (humble expr.)
哗众取宠
huá zhòng qǔ chǒng
  1. 1 sensationalism
  2. 2 vulgar claptrap to please the crowds
  3. 3 playing to the gallery
  4. 4 demagogy

Idioms (2)

宠妾灭妻
chǒng qiè miè qī
  1. 1 favor the concubine and do away with the wife (idiom)
  2. 2 spoil one's mistress and neglect one's wife
宠擅专房
chǒng shàn zhuān fáng
  1. 1 an especially favored concubine (idiom)

Sample Sentences

仓鼠还好，这么小。还有人养蛇，猫头鹰之类的宠物。
cāngshǔ hái hǎo ，zhème xiǎo 。hái yǒu rén yǎng shé ，māotóuyīng zhīlèi de chǒngwù 。
Hamsters aren't so bad because they're so little. Some people keep snakes and owls and stuff as pets.
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哇，难得从你这儿听到褒奖哦，真是受宠若惊，“柳体”较“颜体”更均匀瘦硬些，点画爽利挺秀，笔力非常遒劲。
wā ，nándé cóng nǐ zhèr tīngdào bāojiǎng ò ，zhēn shì shòuchǒngruòjīng ，“Liǔtǐ ”jiào “Yántǐ ”gèng jūnyún shòu yìng xiē ，diǎnhuà shuǎnglì tǐng xiù ，bǐ lì fēicháng qiújìn 。
Wow, it's rare to hear such praise from you, I'm so humbled to be complimented by you. The Liu style is a little more even, thinner, and sharper, the strokes are brisker, straighter and more elegant, with a strong energy behind the brush strokes.
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我昨天去宠物店买了我的第一只宠物。
wǒ zuótiān qù chǒngwù diàn mǎi le wǒ de dì yī zhī chǒngwù 。
I went to the pet store yesterday to buy my first pet.
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都不是，我买了你绝对想不到的宠物，我买了蛇。
dōu bù shì ，wǒ mǎi le nǐ juéduì xiǎngbùdào de chǒngwù ，wǒ mǎi le shé 。
It's neither, I've bought a pet you'll never think of, I bought a snake.
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吓死宝宝了！为什么买那么奇怪的宠物?
xiàsǐ bǎobao le ！wèishénme mǎi nàme qíguài de chǒngwù ?
Don't scare your bae! Why did you buy such a strange pet?
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听说你上个月也开始养宠物了？
tīngshuō nǐ shàng gè yuè yě kāishǐ yǎng chǒngwù le ？
I hear that last month you also got a pet?
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我正在跟周三的志工联系，联络上了我会立刻通知您。另外，想请问一下您家里有没有养宠物？
wǒ zhèngzài gēn zhōusān de zhìgōng liánxì ，liánluò shàng le wǒ huì lìkè tōngzhī nín 。lìngwài ，xiǎng qǐngwèn yīxià nín jiālǐ yǒumeiyǒu yǎng chǒngwù ？
I'm just getting in touch with Wednesday's volunteers. When I get hold of them I'll let you know. Also, do you have a pet at home?
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家庭收入达不到当地最低标准的话，可以申请。不过审核条件相当严格，比如有的城市规定养宠物的人不能申请低保，有的地方规定家里有空调都不能申请低保，还有规定不能买手机，反正任何非生活必需品都不能有。
jiātíng shōurù dá bu dào dāngdì zuìdī biāozhǔn dehuà ，kěyǐ shēnqǐng 。bùguò shěnhé tiáojiàn xiāngdāng yángé ，bǐrú yǒude chéngshì guīdìng yǎng chǒngwù de rén bùnéng shēnqǐng dībǎo ，yǒude dìfang guīdìng jiālǐ yǒu kōngtiáo dōu bùnéng shēnqǐng dī bǎo ，háiyǒu guīdìng bùnéng mǎi shǒujī ，fǎnzhèng rènhé fēi shēnghuó bìxūpǐn dōu bùnéng yǒu 。
If a family's income doesn't meet that area's lowest standard, they can apply. However, the examination criteria are very strict. For example, some cities stipulate that someone who keeps a pet can't apply for welfare. Some places stipulate that homes with air conditioners can't apply for welfare. And some stipulate that one can't have bought a cell phone. Anyway, you can't have anything that's not necessary for living.
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是啊。女孩子可以宠一点，不过太宠了就变成溺爱了。小孩子会以为自己做什么都可以，肆意妄为，没有规矩。
shì a 。nǚháizi kěyǐ chǒng yīdiǎn ，bùguò tài chǒng le jiù biànchéng nìài le 。xiǎo háizi huì yǐwéi zìjǐ zuò shénme dōu kěyǐ ，sìyìwàngwéi ，méiyǒu guīju 。
Yeah. You can pamper a girl a little, but too much pampering will become spoiling. Little children will think that they can get away with anything, and will have no restraint and no manners.
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我们以前都是把对方当孩子宠的，所以互相都很包容。有孩子以后一心扑在孩子身上，对他关心少了，挑剔多了，自己心里很急躁。他可能也有同感吧。
wǒmen yǐqián dōu shì bǎ duìfāng dāng háizi chǒng de ，suǒyǐ hùxiāng dōu hěn bāoróng 。yǒu háizi yǐhòu yīxīn pū zài háizi shēnshàng ，duì tā guānxīn shǎo le ，tiāoti duō le ，zìjǐ xīnli hěn jízào 。tā kěnéng yě yǒu tóng gǎn ba 。
Before, we coddled each other like children, so we were pretty tolerant of each other. After we had a child, all my effort went into that, and I considered his feelings less, became much pickier myself, and just felt really irritable. He probably feels about the same.
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