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xiù

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xiù Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
xiù | xiu4
English translation
to corrode
to rust
to rust, to corrode

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About xiù

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Number of strokes

12

Traditional form

xiù

Contains the radical

jīn

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

metal

Etymology of xiù

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

钅秀

Semantic compound

jīn

Phonetic compound

xiù

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. jīn represents the meaning and xiù represents the sound. Simplified form of xiù .

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Example sentences using xiù

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zhè Dāo 生锈 shēngxiù le .

The knife got rusty.

qǐng Dāo shǎng de 锈斑 xiù bān .

Please scour rust spots from the knife.

xīn céng shì yòng lái 防止 fángzhǐ 钢铁 gāngtiě 生锈 shēngxiù de .

A zinc coating is applied to the steel for rust protection.

dāng 斯考 zài zhuō qián wǎng 身后 shēn hòu kào ,开始 kāishǐ 电话号码 de 时候 shíhou , guà zài 墙上 de 锈迹斑驳 bān bó de 手铐 shǒu kào 发出 fā chū dīng 零零 de 响声 xiǎng shēng .

The rusty handcuffs jangled on the wall as Scobie leant back from his desk and dialled.

jiù 挂锁 guà suǒ 已经 yǐjīng xiù Hóng le .

The old padlock was red with rust.

Words with xiù

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
不锈钢 bù xiù gāng stainless steel不銹鋼
xiù to rust xiù
生锈 shēngxiù to rust生銹
铁锈 tiě xiù rust鐵鏽
防锈 fáng xiù rust prevention防銹
锈蚀 xiù shí rust銹蝕
锈斑 xiù bān rust spot鏽斑
茶锈 chá xiù tea stain (on the inside of a tea pot, tea cup etc)茶鏽

xiù Decomposition & Compounds

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xiù Decomposition

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