灰
huī
ashes; dust; lime, mortar
- Strokes
- 6
- Level
- HSK 5 · TOCFL Level 4
- Frequency
- No. 1,397
How to write 灰, stroke by stroke
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What 灰 means
ash; dust; lime; gray; discouraged; dejected
Ideographic: The remains of a fire 火; 火 also provides the pronunciation
Made of 火
Words with 灰
- 灰色huī sègray; ash gray; grizzly; pessimistic; gloomy; dispirited; ambiguous
- 骨灰gǔ huībone ash; cremation ashes; cremains
- 灰尘huī chéndust
- 灰烬huī jìnashes
- 烟灰缸yān huī gāngashtray
- 灰心huī xīnto lose heart; to be discouraged
- 灰暗huī àndull gray; drab; murky
- 石灰shí huīlime (calcium oxide)
- 火山灰huǒ shān huīvolcanic ash
- 烟灰yān huīcigarette ash
- 灰熊huī xiónggrizzly bear
- 大灰狼dà huī lángbig bad wolf
灰 in a sentence
māo zài hēi àn zhōng dū shì huī sè de 。
All cats are grey in the dark.
suǒ yǒu de jiā jù dōu bù mǎn le huī chén 。
All the furniture was covered with dust.
wǒ bǎ nǐ de yān huī gāng dǎ pò le 。
I broke your ashtray.
wǒ men de xué xiào bèi shāo chéng le huī jìn 。
Our school was reduced to ashes.
tā hěn jiān qiáng ， bú huì nà me róng yì huī xīn 。
He won't be easily discouraged, because he's a tough guy.