| 沖 | 976C20 63A.22-2 | 部居  | 畫數 7 | ㄔㄨㄥ [chong1] . [Pop. 沖] | ||
| V.i. & t. | (1) To soar: 沖天，沖入雲霄，沖霄 to soar to the skies, the clouds. (2) To pour boiling water over: 沖茶 make tea by pouring boiling water; 沖奶粉，沖咖啡 similarly make milk from powdered milk, coffee; 沖開水 to prepare (drink) by adding boiling water: 沖服 [chong1fu2]↓. (3) (Of flood) to wash away: 沖塌，沖壞 destroy (bridge, building) by flood; 被水沖走了 is washed away by flood. (4) To violate (interch. 衝): 沖犯，沖鋒 [chong1fan4], [chong1feng1]↓. (5) To counteract bad luck: 沖運氣 counter bad luck with s.t. good (as wedding); 沖喜 [chong1xi3]↓. | |||||
| Adj. | (1) Modest, retired: 沖和，沖退 [chong1he2], [chong1tui4]↓. (2) Mild: 沖淡 [chong1dan4]↓. (3) (LL) young, tender: 沖年，沖齡，沖弱 at a tender age; 沖昧 young and ignorant. | |||||
| Words | 1. 沖沖 [chong1chong1], adv., angrily: 怒氣沖沖. 2. 沖淡 [chong1dan4], (1) adj., mild (temperament), contented with few wants; (2) v.i. & t., dilute. 3. 沖犯 [chong1fan4], v.t., to antagonize (person, superior), transgress (law). 4. 沖鋒 [chong1feng1], v.i., (u.f. 衝) dash to the front of battle, bear the brunt. 5. 沖服 [chong1fu2], v.i., to take medical powder or herbs by pouring boiling water over them. 6. 沖和 [chong1he2], adj., mild (temperament), amiable. 7. 沖積 [chong1ji2], v.i., to be washed up and piled up by current; 沖積物 sedimentary, alluvial deposits. 8. 沖撞 [chong1zhuang4], v.t., to knock against, to collide (with another shop). 9. 沖默 [chong1mo4], adj., quiet, reticent. 10. 沖人 [chong1ren2], n., (AC) self-reference by a young ruler (“our tender selves”). 11. 沖銷 [chong1xiao1], v.i., in business accounts, cancel out an error; also two accounts cancel out each other. 12. 沖喜 [chong1xi3], v.i., to save patient's life by giving him a wedding to counteract bad luck. 13. 沖虛 [chong1xU1], (1) adj., modest, open-minded, unburdened with material pursuits; (2) v.i., to soar aloft. 14. 沖操 [chong1cao1], adj., (LL) keep one's integrity by being contented with simple life. 15. 沖退 [chong1tui4], adj., retiring. 16. 沖挹 [chong1yi4], adj., ditto. | |||||