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写
寫
xiě
1.
to write
HSK 1
Very Common • Top 0%
Character Breakdown (Single character)
Compound Words (20)
乱写
luànxiě
to write without basis
代写
dàixiě
to write as substitute for sb
倒写
dàoxiě
mirror writing
侧写
cèxiě
to profile
传写
chuánxiě
to copy
刻写
kèxiě
inscribe
涂写
túxiě
to daub
填写
tiánxiě
to fill in a form
大写
dàxiě
capital letters
写下
xiěxià
to write down
写作
xiězuò
to write
写信
xiěxìn
to write a letter
写字
xiězì
to write characters
写完
xiěwán
to finish writing
写实
xiěshí
realism
写意
xiěyì
freehand (drawing, painting etc)
写意
xièyì
enjoyable
写手
xiěshǒu
person who writes articles - newspapers, magazines, blogs (informal)
写法
xiěfǎ
style of writing (literary style)
写照
xiězhào
portrayal
Example Sentences (10)
你们会说汉语了，也会写汉字了吗？
Nǐmen huì shuō Hànyǔ le, yě huì xiě Hànzì le ma?
You can speak Chinese now; can you also write Chinese characters?
Text 2
我们小时候都听过美人鱼的故事，其实真正的海底世界比故事里写的更美。
Wǒmen xiǎoshíhòu dōu tīngguò měirényú de gùshì, qíshí zhēnzhèng de hǎidǐ shìjiè bǐ gùshì lǐ xiě de gèng měi.
When we were little, we all heard stories about mermaids. In fact, the real undersea world is even more beautiful than the stories describe.
Text 5
每次下课前，我都会把下次学生需要带的东西写在黑板上，
Měi cì xià kè qián, wǒ dōu huì bǎ xià cì xuéshēng xūyào dài de dōngxi xiě zài hēibǎn shàng,
Before each class ends, I write on the blackboard the things students need to bring next time,
Text 4
西瓜吧。你看，这上面写着“西瓜不甜不要钱”。
Xīguā ba. Nǐ kàn, zhè shàngmiàn xiězhe "xīguā bù tián bú yào qián".
How about watermelon? Look, it says here "If the watermelon isn't sweet, you don't have to pay".
Text 3
听说她毕业后放弃了律师的工作，开始专门写小说，没想到她竟然成功了。
Tīngshuō tā bìyè hòu fàngqì le lǜshī de gōngzuò, kāishǐ zhuānmén xiě xiǎoshuō, méi xiǎngdào tā jìngrán chénggōng le.
I heard that after she graduated, she gave up her job as a lawyer and started writing novels full-time. Unexpectedly, she actually succeeded.
Text 3
而且还会觉得有点奇怪有些国家的人名写在姓前面，
Érqiě hái huì juéde yǒudiǎn qíguài yǒuxiē guójiā de rénmíng xiě zài xìng qiánmiàn,
I find it a bit strange that in some countries people's names are written before the surname,
Text 4
Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- HSK Character Level
- 1
- Character Frequency Rank
- 447
- Word Frequency Rank
- 203 of 84,292