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.

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