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shuā

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shuā Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
shuā | shua1
English translation
to brush
to paint
to daub
to paste up
to skip class (of students)
to fire from a job
to select
brush; to clean, to scrub

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About shuā

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Number of strokes

8

Traditional form

shuā

Contains the radical

dāo

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

A person bent over  shī with a towel  jīn

Etymology of shuā

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

⿰⿸尸巾刂

Explanation

The left component is a pictograph of a brush. The dāo (knife) component indicates that it is a tool/utensil.

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Example sentences using shuā

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Xīn shuā de 颜色 yánsè 较浅, 使 shǐ 原来 yuánlái 的漆显露 xiǎn lù 出来 chū lái .

The new color is lighter, and the old paint shows through.

油漆 yóuqī guàn 刷子 shuā zi 上来 shàng lái .

Pass up the paint pot and brush.

ǎi 矮胖胖,和蔼可亲 hé aǐ kě qīn , liú le 嘴怪模怪 yàng de 牙刷 yá shuā shì 的小胡子 hú zi .

He was short and tubby and amiable with an odd little toothbrush moustache.

jiāng Xīn 粉刷 fěn shuā de 房子 fáng zi chū le .

I've let the house newly painted.

月亮 yuèliang de zhào 刷白.

The earth turned white under the moon.

Words with shuā

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
shuā to brush shuā
印刷 yìnshuā to print印刷 yìnshuā
刷牙 shuāyá to brush one's teeth刷牙 shuāyá
牙刷 yá shuā toothbrush牙刷 yá shuā
刷新 shuā xīn to renovate刷新 shuā xīn
粉刷 fěn shuā to paint粉刷 fěn shuā
刷子 shuā zi brush刷子 shuā zi
洗刷 xǐ shuā wash洗刷 xǐ shuā
冲刷 chōng shuā to cleanse沖刷
印刷厂 yìn shuā chǎng printing house印刷廠
印刷机 yìn shuā jī printing press印刷機
印刷品 yìn shuā pǐn printed products印刷品 yìn shuā pǐn
齐刷刷 qí shuā shuā even齊刷刷
印刷业 yìn shuā yè typography印刷業
印刷术 yìn shuā shù printing印刷術
印刷体 yìn shuā tǐ typeface印刷體
毛刷 máo shuà brush毛刷 máo shuà
板刷 bǎn shuā scrubbing brush板刷 bǎn shuā
印刷版 yìn shuā bǎn printing plate印刷版 yìn shuā bǎn
印刷量 yìn shuā liàng print run印刷量 yìn shuā liàng
印刷者 yìn shuā zhě printer印刷者 yìn shuā zhě

shuā Decomposition & Compounds

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shuā Decomposition

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shuā Compounds

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