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啐

cuì

Character

What 啐 means

1. to spit
2. onomatopoeiapshaw!
3. oldto sip

Characters built on 卒

These share the phonetic component 卒 (zú), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 碎suì(transitive or intransitive) to break into pieces; to shatter; to crumble; broken…
• 醉zuìintoxicated
• 粹cuìpure; unmixed; essence
• 翠cuìbluish-green; green jade
• 萃cuìcollect; collection; dense
• 淬cuìdip into water; to temper
• 悴cuìhaggard; sad; downcast
• 瘁cuìcare-worn; distressed; tired

Characters that look like 啐

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

• 棒bàngstick; club; cudgel
• 峰fēng(of a mountain) high and tapered peak or summit; mountain-like in appearance…
• 唤huànto call
• 痔zhìpiles; hemorrhoid
• 唏xīsound of sobbing
• 铧huáplowshare; spade

Sounds the same

Read cuì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 脆brittle; fragile; crisp
• 粹pure; unmixed; essence
• 翠bluish-green; green jade
• 萃collect; collection; dense
• 淬dip into water; to temper
• 悴haggard; sad; downcast
• 瘁care-worn; distressed; tired
• 綷five-color silk; see 綷縩
• 焠to temper (as steel)
• 倅auxiliary; spare; deputy
• 崒(literary) to come together; to bunch up; to concentrate
• 毳crisp; brittle; fine animal hair