寫
xiě
write; draw, sketch; compose
- Strokes
- 15
- Radical
- 宀
- HSK
- —
- Tone
- 3
Other readings: xiè
Simplified form: 写
Stroke order
Our word list and example sentences are in simplified characters. Everything below is for 写, the simplified form of 寫. We do not have a traditional-script corpus to draw the words from, so they are shown as they are written in simplified Chinese.
Example sentences
没写作业。
Méi xiě zuò yè
I didn't do the homework.
Shadow她写中文。
Tā xiě Zhōng wén
She writes Chinese.
Shadow我得写书。
Wǒ de xiě shū
I must write books.
Shadow你们在写什么？
Nǐ men zài xiě shén me
What are you writing?
Shadow
Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.
Words containing 写
- 写xiě 3to write
- 听写tīng xiě 1–3 (of a pupil) to write down (in a dictation exercise); dictation; (music) to transcribe by ear
- 写作xiě zuò 3–4 to write; to compose; writing; written works
- 描写miáo xiě 2–3 to describe; to depict; to portray; description
- 抄写chāo xiě 1–3 to copy; to transcribe
- 写字楼xiě zì lóu 3–4–2office building
- 写字台xiě zì tái 3–4–2writing desk
- 填写tián xiě 2–3 to fill in a form; to write data in a box (on a questionnaire or web form)
- 书写shū xiě 1–3 to write
- 编写biān xiě 1–3 to compile
- 撰写zhuàn xiě 4–3 to write; to compose
- 写照xiě zhào 3–4 portrayal