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cuì Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
cuì | cui4
English translation
to suffer; haggard, emaciated

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About cuì

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Number of strokes

11

Traditional form

cuì

Contains the radical

xīn

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

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Etymology of cuì

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

忄卒

Semantic compound

xīn

Phonetic compound

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. xīn represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

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Example sentences using cuì

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辛德雷已经 yǐjīng 出来 chū lái le , zhàn zài 厨房 chúfáng biān , 憔悴 qiáo cuì ér lǎn de .

Hindley had come out, and stood on the Kitchen hearth, haggard and drowsy.

那些 nà xiē 动物 dòngwù 体重 tǐ zhòng 明显 míngxiǎn 下降 xià jiàng , shòu duō le , 简直 jiǎnzhí shì 憔悴 qiáo cuì 不堪 bùkān .

The animals had lost weight noticeably, becoming lean, almost emaciated.

shòu le ,憔悴 qiáo cuì le .

She grew thin and meagre.

yǒu diǎn 憔悴 qiáo cuì , Guò rén bìng 十分 shífēn shòu ,而且 érqiě 从前 cóngqián gēng hǎo kān xiē .

'she looks a little haggard, but not too thin. Maybe a little thinner than before.

一脸苍白 cāngbái 憔悴 qiáo cuì

Her face was pinched and drawn.

Words with cuì

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
憔悴 qiáo cuì wan and sallow憔悴 qiáo cuì
cuì sad cuì

cuì Decomposition & Compounds

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