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垂

chuí

HSK 6 Character

What 垂 means

1. to hang (down)
2. droop
3. dangle
4. bend down
5. hand down
6. bequeath
7. nearly
8. almost
9. to approach

Example sentences

• 我好奇耳垂有什么作用。
  Wǒ hàoqí ěrchuí yǒu shénme zuòyòng.
  I wonder what ear lobes are for.
• 我好奇耳垂有什幺作用。
  I wonder what ear lobes are for.
• 她把头垂在她母亲的肩上。
  Tā bǎtóu chuí zài tā mǔqīn de jiān shàng.
  She rested her head on her mother's shoulder.
• 垂直的金发滑过她的肩膀。
  Straight golden hair slides over her shoulder.
• 花园中一片花枝累垂的样子。
  The flowers in the garden hung their heads.
• 他垂下手臂环绕住她然后亲吻。
  Tā chuíxià shǒubì huánrào zhù tā ránhòu qīnwěn.
  He slid his arms around her and kissed her.

Words starting with 垂

• 垂直chuí zhíperpendicular; vertical
• 垂下chuí xiàto hang down
• 垂头丧气chuí tóu sàng qìhanging one's head dispiritedly (idiom); dejected; crestfallen
• 垂危chuí wēiclose to death; life-threatening (illness)
• 垂钓chuí diàoangling
• 垂涎chuí xiánto drool; to salivate; (fig.) to covet; to desire greedily
• 垂死chuí sǐdying
• 垂柳chuí liǔweeping willow (Salix babylonica)
• 垂青chuí qīngto show appreciation for sb; to look upon sb with favor
• 垂泪chuí lèito shed tears
• 垂涎三尺chuí xián sān chǐto drool (over) (idiom); to yearn for; to covet
• 垂死挣扎chuí sǐ zhēng zhádeathbed struggle; final struggle (idiom)
• 垂垂chuí chuígradually; to drop
• 垂幕chuí mùcanopy
• 垂念chuí niàn(courteous) to be so kind as to think of (me)
• 垂感chuí gǎndrape effect (fashion)
• 垂挂chuí guàto hang down; suspended
• 垂范chuí fàn(literary) to set a shining example (for one's subordinates or future generations)
• 垂线chuí xiàn(math) perpendicular line; vertical line
• 垂老chuí lǎoapproaching old age
• 垂体chuí tǐpituitary gland
• 垂直线chuí zhí xiànvertical line
• 垂直轴chuí zhí zhóuvertical shaft; (math) vertical axis
• 垂悬分词chuí xuán fēn cídangling participle (grammar)

Words containing 垂

• 低垂dī chuíto droop; to hang low
• 下垂xià chuíto droop; to sag; to hang down
• 永垂不朽yǒng chuí bù xiǔeternal glory; will never be forgotten
• 耳垂ěr chuíearlobe
• 悬垂xuán chuíto hang down; to dangle; to be suspended
• 披垂pī chuí(of clothes, hair etc) to hang down and cover; to flow down
• 脱垂tuō chuíprolapse
• 考文垂Kǎo wén chuíCoventry, city in the West Midlands, England
• 脑垂体nǎo chuí tǐpituitary gland
• 功败垂成gōng bài chuí chéngto fail within sight of success (idiom); last-minute failure; to fall at the last hurdle…
• 厄利垂亚È lì chuí yàEritrea (Tw)
• 名垂青史míng chuí qīng shǐlit. reputation will go down in history (idiom); fig. achievements will earn eternal glory
• 坐不垂堂zuò bù chuí tánglit. don't sit under the eaves (where tiles may fall from the roof) (idiom)…
• 夜幕低垂yè mù dī chuídarkness fell (falls, had fallen etc)
• 肉垂麦鸡ròu chuí mài jī(bird species of China) red-wattled lapwing (Vanellus indicus)
• 脑下垂体nǎo xià chuí tǐpituitary glands (at the base of the skull)
• 马斯垂克Mǎ sī chuí kèMaastricht (Netherlands)
• 母子垂直感染mǔ zǐ chuí zhí gǎn rǎnmother-to-infant transmission
• 腺垂体xiàn chuí tǐpituitary gland
• 胃下垂wèi xià chuígastroptosis
• 铅垂线qiān chuí xiànplumbline
• 悬雍垂xuán yōng chuíuvula (biology)
• 染指垂涎rǎn zhǐ chuí xiánlit. dirty finger, mouth watering (idiom); fig. greedy to seize sth
• 家累千金，坐不垂堂jiā lěi qiān jīn , zuò bù chuí tánglit. a wealthy person does not sit under the eaves (idiom)…

Characters that look like 垂

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

• 查cháto research; to check; to investigate
• 音yīnsound; noise; note (of musical scale)
• 香xiāngfragrant; sweet smelling; aromatic
• 舍shěto give up; to abandon; to give alms
• 娄Lóusurname Lou; one of the 28 lunar mansions in Chinese astronomy
• 杳yǎodark and quiet; disappear

Sounds the same

Read chuí, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 锤hammer; to hammer into shape; weight (e.g. of a steelyard or balance)
• 捶to beat (with a stick or one's fist); to thump; to pound
• 椎hammer; mallet (variant of 槌; variant of 捶
• 槌mallet; pestle; beetle (for wedging or ramming)
• 棰to flog; whip
• 陲frontier
• 圌name of a mountain
• 腄callus on the hand or foot; upper leg bone of horse or bird; buttocks
• 埀old variant of 垂