xiě

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Definitions

  1. 1. to write

Example Sentences

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Words Containing 写

填写
tián xiě

to fill in a form

写作
xiě zuò

to write

写字楼
xiě zì lóu

office building

写字台
xiě zì tái

writing desk

写照
xiě zhào

portrayal

抄写
chāo xiě

to copy

描写
miáo xiě

to describe

撰写
zhuàn xiě

to write

书写
shū xiě

to write

编写
biān xiě

to compile

听写
tīng xiě

(of a pupil) to write down (in a dictation exercise)

不区分大小写
bù qū fēn dà xiǎo xiě

case insensitive

乱写
luàn xiě

to write without basis

人物描写
rén wù miáo xiě

portrayal

代写
dài xiě

to write as substitute for sb

倒写
dào xiě

mirror writing

侧写
cè xiě

to profile

传写
chuán xiě

to copy

刻写
kè xiě

to inscribe

区分大小写
qū fēn dà xiǎo xiě

case sensitive

博客写手
bó kè xiě shǒu

blogger

可擦写
kě cā xiě

erasable

可擦写可编程只读存储器
kě cā xiě kě biān chéng zhī dú cún chǔ qì

EPROM (erasable programmable read-only memory)

涂写
tú xiě

to daub

外典写作
wài diǎn xiě zuò

apocryphal writings

大写
dà xiě

capital letters

大写字母
dà xiě zì mǔ

capital letters

大写锁定
dà xiě suǒ dìng

caps lock

大小写
dà xiǎo xiě

capitals and lowercase letters

失写症
shī xiě zhèng

agraphia

写下
xiě xià

to write down

写信
xiě xìn

to write a letter

写字
xiě zì

to write characters

写字板
xiě zì bǎn

writing tablet

写完
xiě wán

to finish writing

写实
xiě shí

realism

写意
xiě yì

to suggest (rather than depict in detail)

写意
xiè yì

comfortable

写意画
xiě yì huà

freehand drawing or painting in traditional Chinese style

写手
xiě shǒu

person who writes articles - newspapers, magazines, blogs (informal)

写死
xiě sǐ

to hard code (computing)

写法
xiě fǎ

style of writing (literary style)

写生
xiě shēng

to sketch from nature

写真
xiě zhēn

portrait

写真集
xiě zhēn jí

photobook (loanword from Japanese), generally sexy portraits of an actress or model

小写
xiǎo xiě

lowercase

小写字母
xiǎo xiě zì mǔ

lowercase (letters)

手写
shǒu xiě

to write by hand

手写识别
shǒu xiě shí bié

handwriting recognition

手写体
shǒu xiě tǐ

handwritten form

抒写
shū xiě

to express (emotions in prose)

拼写
pīn xiě

to spell

拼写错误
pīn xiě cuò wù

spelling mistake

摹写
mó xiě

to trace over

擦写
cā xiě

to erase

改写
gǎi xiě

to revise

时写时辍
shí xiě shí chuò

to write for a bit then give up

书写不能症
shū xiě bù néng zhèng

agraphia

书写符号
shū xiě fú hào

writing symbol

书写语言
shū xiě yǔ yán

written language

烧写器
shāo xiě qì

programmer (electronics)

特写
tè xiě

feature article

简写
jiǎn xiě

to write characters in simplified form

缩写
suō xiě

to abridge

缮写
shàn xiě

to copy

罚写
fá xiě

to make a student write sth out many times, as a punishment

听说读写
tīng shuō dú xiě

listening, speaking, reading and writing (language skills)

能写善算
néng xiě shàn suàn

to be literate and numerate (idiom)

临写
lín xiě

to copy (a model of calligraphy or painting)

复写
fù xiě

to duplicate; to carbon copy

复写纸
fù xiě zhǐ

carbon paper

误写
wù xiě

to unwittingly write the wrong thing

誊写
téng xiě

to transcribe

谱写
pǔ xiě

to compose (a piece of music)

译写
yì xiě

to translate

读写
dú xiě

reading and writing

读写能力
dú xiě néng lì

literacy

轻描淡写
qīng miáo dàn xiě

(idiom) to treat sth as no big deal

转写
zhuǎn xiě

to transliterate

速写
sù xiě

quick sketch

连写
lián xiě

to write without lifting one's pen from the paper

隐写术
yǐn xiě shù

steganography

非写实
fēi xiě shí

nonrepresentational

题写
tí xiě

to create a work of calligraphy for display in a prominent place (typically, a sign)

首字母缩写
shǒu zì mǔ suō xiě

acronym

默写
mò xiě

to write from memory