揍 (zòu): to beat up

Meanings

1 to beat up
2 to hit
3 to thrash

Characters

揍

zòu

to beat; to hit

Examples

他被揍了一顿。

Tā bèi zòu le yī dùn.

He got beaten up.

你再不听话，我就揍你！

Nǐ zàibù tīnghuà, wǒ jiù zòu nǐ!

If you keep misbehaving, I'll smack you!

Tips

register

揍 is colloquial and informal. It's used in everyday speech and implies hitting someone as punishment or in a fight.

grammar

Often used in the structure 揍了一顿 (gave a beating) or 被揍 (got beaten).

Components

radical

扌 shǒu

hand (radical)

Left radical 扌 is the side-form of 手 (hand), three strokes. Marks 揍 as a hand action — striking, hitting, beating up. Same radical drives the hand-verb family 打 (hit), 拍 (slap), 推 (push), 抓 (grab), 抗 (resist). Anything done with the fist or palm sits in this family.

phonetic

奏 zòu

to present; to perform (phonetic)

Right phonetic 奏 supplies the full sound zòu with no drift. 奏 itself means 'to present, to play music', but in 揍 it functions purely for sound. The pairing produces a colloquial 'thrash, smack' verb. Same phonetic 奏 also drives 凑 (to gather close) — the two characters are visually parallel and live in the same zòu/còu sound family.