cuò

common
formal

Meaning of

厝 means to place; to put; to arrange; to temporarily inter a coffin; to place a coffin awaiting burial. Pronounced cuò.

  • to place; to put; to arrange
  • to temporarily inter a coffin; to place a coffin awaiting burial
  • house; building (dialectal)

Character Info

Radical
Strokes11

Stroke Order

Definitions & Examples

Cuò
huǒ
xīn
 

To place firewood under the cauldron (i.e., to harbor a hidden danger).

Cuò
zhì
 

To handle things with perfect ease.

cóng
róng
de
cuò
bàn
le
qiè
 

He arranged everything calmly and unhurriedly.

Zhè
ge
nán
ràng
men
cuò
shǒu
 

This difficult problem caught us unprepared.

Zhèng
zhèng
zài
cǎi
cuò
shī
kòng
zhì
qíng
 

The government is taking measures to control the epidemic.