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xiě
HSK 2.0 Level 1 HSK 3.0 Level 1

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Definitions

  1. 1. to write

Example Sentences

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Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 8928648)

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Words Containing 写

写意
xiè yì

comfortable

涂写
tú xiě

to daub

擦写
cā xiě

to erase

手写
shǒu xiě

to write by hand

传写
chuán xiě

to copy

摹写
mó xiě

to trace over

人物描写
rén wù miáo xiě

portrayal

简写
jiǎn xiě

to write characters in simplified form

能写善算
néng xiě shàn suàn

to be literate and numerate (idiom)

写生
xiě shēng

to sketch from nature

读写能力
dú xiě néng lì

literacy

缩写
suō xiě

to abridge

写信
xiě xìn

to write a letter

大写字母
dà xiě zì mǔ

capital letters

填写
tián xiě

to fill in a form

非写实
fēi xiě shí

nonrepresentational

倒写
dào xiě

mirror writing

写死
xiě sǐ

to hard code (computing)

隐写术
yǐn xiě shù

steganography

大写
dà xiě

capital letters

写手
xiě shǒu

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

不区分大小写
bù qū fēn dà xiǎo xiě

case insensitive

区分大小写
qū fēn dà xiǎo xiě

case sensitive

写照
xiě zhào

portrayal

时写时辍
shí xiě shí chuò

to write for a bit then give up

抒写
shū xiě

to express (emotions in prose)

手写识别
shǒu xiě shí bié

handwriting recognition

缮写
shàn xiě

to copy

听写
tīng xiě

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

轻描淡写
qīng miáo dàn xiě

(idiom) to treat sth as no big deal

谱写
pǔ xiě

to compose (a piece of music)

书写语言
shū xiě yǔ yán

written language

写字台
xiě zì tái

writing desk

写意画
xiě yì huà

freehand drawing or painting in traditional Chinese style

复写纸
fù xiě zhǐ

carbon paper

编写
biān xiě

to compile

书写符号
shū xiě fú hào

writing symbol

烧写器
shāo xiě qì

programmer (electronics)

首字母缩写
shǒu zì mǔ suō xiě

acronym

代写
dài xiě

to write as substitute for sb

读写
dú xiě

reading and writing

写字板
xiě zì bǎn

writing tablet

写下
xiě xià

to write down

小写字母
xiǎo xiě zì mǔ

lowercase (letters)

抄写
chāo xiě

to copy

誊写
téng xiě

to transcribe

大写锁定
dà xiě suǒ dìng

caps lock

博客写手
bó kè xiě shǒu

blogger

描写
miáo xiě

to describe

大小写
dà xiǎo xiě

capitals and lowercase letters

拼写
pīn xiě

to spell

临写
lín xiě

to copy (a model of calligraphy or painting)

速写
sù xiě

quick sketch

听说读写
tīng shuō dú xiě

listening, speaking, reading and writing (language skills)

特写
tè xiě

feature article

刻写
kè xiě

to inscribe

可擦写
kě cā xiě

erasable

侧写
cè xiě

to profile

书写不能症
shū xiě bù néng zhèng

agraphia

写法
xiě fǎ

style of writing (literary style)

写完
xiě wán

to finish writing

默写
mò xiě

to write from memory

写真集
xiě zhēn jí

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

撰写
zhuàn xiě

to write

书写
shū xiě

to write

罚写
fá xiě

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

误写
wù xiě

to unwittingly write the wrong thing

连写
lián xiě

to write without lifting one's pen from the paper

转写
zhuǎn xiě

to transliterate

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)

写真
xiě zhēn

portrait

写意
xiě yì

to suggest (rather than depict in detail)

复写
fù xiě

to duplicate; to carbon copy

拼写错误
pīn xiě cuò wù

spelling mistake

写字
xiě zì

to write characters

写字楼
xiě zì lóu

office building

译写
yì xiě

to translate

改写
gǎi xiě

to revise

失写症
shī xiě zhèng

agraphia

手写体
shǒu xiě tǐ

handwritten form

外典写作
wài diǎn xiě zuò

apocryphal writings

题写
tí xiě

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

小写
xiǎo xiě

lowercase

乱写
luàn xiě

to write without basis

写作
xiě zuò

to write

写实
xiě shí

realism