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cuī

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cuī Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
cuī | cui1
English translation
to break
to destroy
to devastate
to ravage
to repress
to destroy, to wreck

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About cuī

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Number of strokes

14

Traditional form

cuī

Contains the radical

shǒu

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

hand

Etymology of cuī

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

扌崔

Semantic compound

shǒu

Phonetic compound

cuī

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Example sentences using cuī

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zhuǎn Guò 目光 mùguāng , 恰巧 qiàqiǎo duì zhāo 空无一人 kōng wú yī rén de bèi 摧毁 cuī huǐ de shǔ dòng Lóu .

His eye was turned, by chance, towards the empty broken Rat - hole.

即使 jíshǐ shì zuì yǒu 天赋 tiānfù de rén 可能 kěnéng huì bèi 错误 cuòwù de 导师 dǎo shī 摧毁 cuī huǐ 自信 zìxìn

Even the most gifted can have confidence destroyed by the wrong instructor.

数周 shù zhōu de 空中 kōng zhōng 轰炸 hōng zhà 已经 yǐjīng 摧毁 cuī huǐ le 许多 xǔduō 工厂 gōngchǎng 公路 gōng lù

Weeks of aerial bombardment had destroyed factories and highways.

1346 Nián de 飓风 jù fēng 引起 yǐnqǐ 海啸 hǎi xiào bìng 摧毁 cuī huǐ le 城镇 chéng zhèn

In 1346 a hurricane whipped up the sea to destroy the town.

Words with cuī

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
摧毁 cuī huǐ to destroy摧毀
摧残 cuīcán to ravage摧殘
cuī to break cuī
坚不可摧 jiān bù kě cuī invulnerable, indestructible, impregnable堅不可摧
无坚不摧 wú jiān bù cuī nothing one can't do無堅不摧
崩摧 bēng cuī to collapse崩摧 bēng cuī
兰摧玉折 lán cuī yù zhé premature death of a budding talent蘭摧玉折

cuī Decomposition & Compounds

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cuī Decomposition

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