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huǐ

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huǐ Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
huǐ | hui3
English translation
to destroy
to damage
to ruin
to defame
to slander
variant of huǐ
> huǐ [huǐ]
to destroy by fire
a blaze
to damage, to ruin; to defame, to slander

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About huǐ

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Number of strokes

13

Traditional form

huǐ

Contains the radical

shū

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

A man using a tool  shū to strike gōng a clay vessel jiù

Etymology of huǐ

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

⿰⿱臼工殳

Explanation

Simplified form of huǐ . Depicts beating a child ( ér ) into the ground () with a weapon ( shū ).

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Example sentences using huǐ

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háng ě zhě zhōng 恶毁 shēn .

He did wrong, and in the end his wrongs undid him.

shì de !就是 jiù shì 那些 nà xiē 该死 gāi sǐ de 蠢猪 chǔn zhū 似的 shìde chòu 飞船 fēi chuán ! shì 它们 tā men huǐ le 我们 wǒmen .

Those lousy, stinking ships. It was them that destroyed us.

piān 文章 wénzhāng shì duì 普通 pǔ tōng 劳动 láodòng 大众 Dà zhòng de 诋毁 dǐ huǐ .

The article is a slander on ordinary working people.

玛丽 Mǎ lì huǐ chú 婚约 hūn yuē , 约翰 Yuē hàn 似乎 sìhū 神经 shénjīng 失常 shī cháng .

When Mary broke off the engagement, John seemed to go into a flat spin.

qiáo bèi 毁坏 huǐ huài , 我们 wǒmen 无法 wú fǎ 通过 tōngguò .

The bridge was destroyed, so we couldn't get across.

Words with huǐ

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
huǐ to destroy huǐ
摧毁 cuī huǐ to destroy摧毀
毁灭 huǐmiè to perish毀滅
销毁 xiāohuǐ to obliterate銷毀
烧毁 shāo huǐ to burn燒燬
坠毁 zhuì huǐ (of an airplane etc) to fall to the ground and crash墜毀
毁掉 huǐ diào to destroy毀掉
毁坏 huǐ huài to damage毀壞
炸毁 zhà huǐ to blow up炸燬
诋毁 dǐ huǐ to vilify詆毀
毁灭性 huǐ miè xìng destructive毀滅性
捣毁 dǎo huǐ to destroy搗毀
损毁 sǔn huǐ to ruin損毀
击毁 jī huǐ to attack and destroy擊毀
毁容 huǐ róng to disfigure毀容
焚毁 fén huǐ to burn down焚燬
撕毁 sī huǐ to tear up撕毀
毁损 huǐ sǔn impair, damage毀損
毁约 huǐ yuē to break a promise毀約
拆毁 chāi huǐ to dismantle拆毀
毁谤 huǐ bàng slander毀謗
撞毁 zhuàng huǐ to smash撞毀
砸毁 zá huǐ to destroy砸毀
毁伤 huǐ shāng to injure毀傷

huǐ Decomposition & Compounds

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huǐ Decomposition

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