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xiě
写（寫）

HSK 1
common
verb

Meaning of 写

写 means write; put characters on paper; compose; write literary works. Pronounced xiě. HSK 1.

  • write; put characters on paper
  • compose; write literary works
  • describe; depict

Character Info

Radical冖
Strokes5
Components
冖
与

Stroke Order

写

Definitions & Examples

Tā他
zhèng正
zài在
xiě写
cǎo草
zì字
liàn练
xí习
shū书
fǎ法
 。

He is practicing calligraphy by writing cursive characters.

Guò过
nián年
shí时
wǒ我
men们
huì会
xiě写
duì对
lián联
tiē贴
zài在
mén门
shàng上
 。

During Spring Festival, we write couplets to paste on doors.

Qǐng请
bāng帮
wǒ我
xiě写
yī一
zhāng张
qǐng请
jià假
tiáo条
 。

Please help me write a leave note.

Lǎo老
shī师
ràng让
wǒ我
zài在
hēi黑
bǎn板
shàng上
xiě写
shēng生
cí词
 。

The teacher asked me to write new words on the blackboard.

Tā他
zài在
bǐ笔
jì记
běn本
shàng上
xiě写
le了
dāng当
tiān天
de的
rì日
chéng程
 。

He wrote that day's schedule in his notebook.

Relations

Measure Words

篇/ piān
Primary
首/ shǒu

Common Words

写作 / 寫作xiězuò

write; literary creation

写生 / 寫生xiěshēng

sketch from life; paint from nature

写真 / 寫真xiězhēn

portrait photography; portrait; realistic depiction

写实 / 寫實xiěshí

realistic depiction; portray truthfully

书写 / 書寫shūxiě

write; inscribe

编写 / 編寫biānxiě

compile; write; compose

写本 / 寫本xiěběn

manuscript; handwritten copy

撰写 / 撰寫zhuànxiě

write; compose; draft

写法 / 寫法xiěfǎ

writing method; handwriting style