写/寫 xiě — to write

Meanings

1. 1

   to write

   To write, by hand or on a keyboard. Chinese characters are written in a fixed stroke order, which is why a teacher asks 这个字怎么写 rather than what it looks like.

   verb

Character breakdown

• 写/寫

  xiě (third tone, dipping)

  to write; to compose; to depict, to describe

  5 strokes⿱冖与Radical 冖

Example sentences

• 他写了很多字。/他寫了很多字。Tā (first tone, high and level) xiěle (third tone, dipping) hěn (third tone, dipping) duō (first tone, high and level) zì. (fourth tone, falling)···

  He wrote a lot of characters.

• 妈妈写了一本书。/媽媽寫了一本書。Māma (first tone, high and level) xiěle (third tone, dipping) yì (fourth tone, falling) běn (third tone, dipping) shū. (first tone, high and level)···

  Mum has written a book.

Similar words

Words containing 写

• 写作/寫作xiě (third tone, dipping) zuò (fourth tone, falling)writing
• 描写/描寫miáo (second tone, rising) xiě (third tone, dipping)to describe
• 填写/填寫tián (second tone, rising) xiě (third tone, dipping)to fill in a form
• 书写/書寫shū (first tone, high and level) xiě (third tone, dipping)to write
• 编写/編寫biān (first tone, high and level) xiě (third tone, dipping)to compile
• 撰写/撰寫zhuàn (fourth tone, falling) xiě (third tone, dipping)to write
• 写照/寫照xiě (third tone, dipping) zhào (fourth tone, falling)portrayal
• 写字楼/寫字樓xiě (third tone, dipping) zì (fourth tone, falling) lóu (second tone, rising)office building
• 抄写/抄寫chāo (first tone, high and level) xiě (third tone, dipping)to copy
• 写字台/寫字檯xiě (third tone, dipping) zì (fourth tone, falling) tái (second tone, rising)writing desk
• 听写/聽寫tīng (first tone, high and level) xiě (third tone, dipping)(of a pupil) to write down (in a dictation exercise)