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碜

磣
chěn
adjective

Meanings

  1. 1 gritty (food with sand or grit in it)
  2. 2 ugly; embarrassing; hard to look at

Examples

HSK 4
这菜没洗干净，吃着牙碜。
Zhè cài méi xǐ gānjìng, chī zhe yá chen.
This vegetable wasn't washed clean, it's gritty when you chew it.
HSK 7-9
穿那身衣服出去真够寒碜。
Chuān nà shēn yīfu chūqù zhēn gòu hánchen.
Wearing that outfit out really looks awful.

Tips

usage
Two everyday senses: physically gritty, as in 牙碜 (grit between the teeth), and figuratively shabby or embarrassing, as in 寒碜 (ugly; humiliating), where it is read toneless.

Components

radical
石 shí
stone
The stone radical, the meaning carrier. The core sense is grit or tiny stones in food, so the stone radical is a direct fit.
phonetic
参 cān
to take part; ginseng
Provides the sound, read 参 in this form and shifted to chěn here. It serves only as the phonetic cue.

Stroke Order

碜 chěn