糗
qiǔ
Pinyin

Definition

糗
 - 
qiǔ
  1. dry rations (for a journey)
  2. (dialect) (of noodles etc) to become mush (from overcooking)
  3. (coll.) embarrassing
  4. embarrassment
糗
 - 
Qiǔ
  1. surname Qiu

Character Decomposition

Related Words (3)

出糗
chū qiǔ
  1. 1 (coll.) to have sth embarrassing happen
糗
Qiǔ
  1. 1 surname Qiu
糗事
qiǔ shì
  1. 1 awkward incident

Idioms (3)

羹藜含糗
gēng lí hán qiǔ
  1. 1 nothing but herb soup and dry provisions to eat (idiom); to survive on a coarse diet
  2. 2 à la guerre comme à la guerre
羹藜唅糗
gēng lí hān qiǔ
  1. 1 nothing but herb soup and dry provisions to eat (idiom); to survive on a coarse diet
  2. 2 à la guerre comme à la guerre
饭糗茹草
fàn qiǔ rú cǎo
  1. 1 lit. to live on dry provisions and wild herbs (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to live in abject poverty

Sample Sentences

她说，你好，敝姓毛，然后递给我名片，我就很自然地念出她的名字，超糗！
tā shuō ，nǐhǎo ，bìxìng máo ，ránhòu dì gěi wǒ míngpiàn ，wǒ jiù hěn zìrán de niàn chū tā de míngzi ，chāo qiǔ ！
She said: "Hello, my surname is Mao", then passed me her business card. I naturally read her name out loud and it was super embarrassing.
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我根本没注意……欸？那不是你们办公室的吴小姐吗？糗了，被她看到了。
wǒ gēnběn méi zhùyì ……éi ？nà bú shì nǐmen bàngōngshì de Wú Xiǎojie ma ？qiǔ le ，bèi tā kàndào le 。
I didn't even notice... Eh? Isn't that Ms Wu from the office? How embarrassing, she's seen us.
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原来是这样，我们想早点到的嘛。真是糗大了。哎，你的头怎么受伤了？缠了那么多纱布。
yuánlái shì zhèyàng ，wǒmen xiǎng zǎo diǎn dào de ma 。zhēn shì qiǔ dà le 。āi ，nǐ de tóu zěnme shòushāng le ？chán le nàme duō shābù 。
Oh, so that's what happened. We wanted to arrive early. How embarrassing. Hey, how did you injure your head? It's wrapped up in a lot of gauze.
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