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刷

shuā

HSK 3 Character

What 刷 means

1. a brush
2. to paint; to daub
3. to brush; to scrub
4. (fig.) to remove; to eliminate (from a contest); to fire (from a job)
5. onomatopoeiaswish; rustle
6. to swipe (a card)
7. to scroll on (a phone)
8. (gaming) to grind; to farm (for experience points, equipment, levels etc)

Other readings

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

• shuàto select

Example sentences

• 快去刷牙。
  Brush your teeth.
• 你们刷牙去！
  You guys need to go brush your teeth!
• 别忘了刷牙。
  Remember to brush your teeth.
• 我可以刷卡吗？
  Wǒ kěyǐ shuākǎ ma?
  Can I use a credit card?
• 我已经刷卡了。
  Wǒ yǐjīng shuā kǎ le.
  I already swiped the card.
• 我让他刷房子。
  I made him paint the house.

Words starting with 刷

• 刷牙shuā yáto brush one's teeth
• 刷新shuā xīnto renovate; to refurbish; to refresh (computer window)
• 刷子shuā zibrush; scrub
• 刷洗shuā xǐto scrub clean
• 刷入shuā rùto flash; to overwrite the firmware (computing)
• 刷剧shuā jùto binge-watch (TV)
• 刷卡shuā kǎto use a credit card (or swipe card, smart card etc)
• 刷单shuā dānto generate fake transactions in order to game a commercial online platform…
• 刷机shuā jīto replace firmware (on a mobile device)
• 刷头shuā tóubrush head
• 刷题shuā títo do a lot of practice questions (to prepare for an exam)
• 刷手机shuā shǒu jīto scroll on one's smartphone; to check one's smartphone…
• 刷新率shuā xīn lǜrefresh rate (of a screen)
• 刷新纪录shuā xīn jì lùto set a new record
• 刷夜shuā yèto stay up all night; to pull an all-nighter
• 刷爆shuā bàoto max out (a credit card)
• 刷脸shuā liǎnto scan one's face (for identity verification)
• 刷扣shuā kòuto strum a chord (Tw)
• 刷屏shuā píngto flood (on an Internet forum etc)

Words containing 刷

• 印刷yìn shuāto print; printing
• 牙刷yá shuātoothbrush
• 洗刷xǐ shuāto wipe clean; to scrub; (fig.) to get rid of (a bad reputation, a misconception etc)
• 冲刷chōng shuāto cleanse; to scrub; to scour
• 印刷厂yìn shuā chǎngprinting house; print shop
• 印刷品yìn shuā pǐnprinted products
• 粉刷fěn shuāto paint; to whitewash; emulsion
• 齐刷刷qí shuā shuāeven; uniform
• 板刷bǎn shuāscrubbing brush
• 毛刷máo shuābrush
• 画刷huà shuāpaintbrush
• 印刷所yìn shuā suǒprinting press; printing office; printer
• 印刷业yìn shuā yètypography; printing business
• 印刷机yìn shuā jīprinting press
• 印刷版yìn shuā bǎnprinting plate; printed version (of a digital publication)…
• 印刷术yìn shuā shùprinting; printing technology
• 印刷量yìn shuā liàngprint run
• 印刷体yìn shuā tǐprinted style (as opposed to cursive)
• 两把刷子liǎng bǎ shuā ziability; skill
• 活字印刷huó zì yìn shuāprinting with movable type
• 活版印刷huó bǎn yìn shuāprinting with movable type; typesetting
• 电动牙刷diàn dòng yá shuāelectric toothbrush
• 印刷电路板yìn shuā diàn lù bǎnprinted circuit board
• 笔刷bǐ shuāpaintbrush; writing brush (esp. in graphics software)

Characters that look like 刷

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

• 测cèto survey; to measure; to conjecture
• 删shānto delete
• 削xuēto pare; to reduce; to remove
• 刹chàBuddhist monastery, temple or shrine (abbr. for 刹多罗
• 剃tìto shave
• 荆jīngchaste tree or its berry (Vitex agnus-castus); (literary) cane or switch made from a…

Sounds the same

Read shuā, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 唰(onomatopoeia) swishing; rustling