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写

xiě

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What 写 means

1. to write

Other readings

写 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• xièused in {写意|xiè yì}

Example sentences

• 快写！
  Write it quickly!
• 写下来！
  Write it down!
• 我写诗。
  I write poems.
• 你写吗?
  Do you write?
• 请填写。
  Fill in.
• 用铅笔写。
  Write it in pencil.

Words starting with 写

• 写作xiě zuòto write; to compose; writing
• 写信xiě xìnto write a letter
• 写下xiě xiàto write down
• 写道xiě dàoto write (used before or after a quoted passage)
• 写真xiě zhēnportrait; to describe sth accurately
• 写字xiě zìto write (by hand); to practice calligraphy
• 写完xiě wánto finish writing
• 写字楼xiě zì lóuoffice building
• 写法xiě fǎstyle of writing (literary style); way of writing a character; spelling
• 写照xiě zhàoportrayal
• 写字台xiě zì táiwriting desk
• 写生xiě shēngto sketch from nature; to do a still life drawing
• 写实xiě shírealism; realistic portrayal; realistic
• 写意xiè yìcomfortable; enjoyable; relaxed
• 写本xiě běnhandwritten copy of a book
• 写手xiě shǒuperson who writes articles - newspapers, magazines, blogs (informal); scribe; copyist
• 写死xiě sǐto hard code (computing)
• 写真集xiě zhēn jíphotobook (loanword from Japanese), generally sexy portraits of an actress or model
• 写字板xiě zì bǎnwriting tablet; clipboard
• 写意画xiě yì huàfreehand drawing or painting in traditional Chinese style

Words containing 写

• 描写miáo xiěto describe; to depict; to portray; depiction; portrayal
• 填写tián xiěto fill in a form; to write data in a box (on a questionnaire or web form)
• 书写shū xiěto write
• 编写biān xiěto compile
• 撰写zhuàn xiěto write; to compose
• 听写tīng xiě(of a pupil) to write down (in a dictation exercise); dictation…
• 改写gǎi xiěto revise; to edit
• 特写tè xiěfeature article; close-up (filmmaking, photography etc)
• 读写dú xiěreading and writing
• 缩写suō xiěabbreviation; to abridge
• 手写shǒu xiěto write by hand
• 拼写pīn xiěto spell
• 轻描淡写qīng miáo dàn xiě(idiom) to treat sth as no big deal; to downplay; to understate
• 抄写chāo xiěto copy; to transcribe
• 大写dà xiěcapital letters; uppercase letters; block letters
• 速写sù xiěquick sketch
• 谱写pǔ xiěto compose (a piece of music); (fig.) to create, by one's actions, a narrative…
• 题写tí xiěto create a work of calligraphy for display in a prominent place (typically, a sign)
• 默写mò xiěto write from memory
• 简写jiǎn xiěto write characters in simplified form; the simplified form of a character…
• 小写xiǎo xiělowercase
• 大小写dà xiǎo xiěcapitals and lowercase letters
• 抒写shū xiěto express (emotions in prose); a written description (of emotions)
• 代写dài xiěto write on behalf of sb else

Characters that look like 写

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 用yòngto use; to make use of; to employ; (coverb) with; using; to need…
• 当dāng(onomatopoeia) dong; ding dong (bell)
• 网wǎngnet; web; network; to net; to catch with a net
• 军jūn(bound form) army; military
• 厉lìstrict; severe
• 臣chénstate official or subject in dynastic China; I, your servant…

Sounds the same

Read xiě, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 血see 血