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悴

cuì

Character

What 悴 means

1. haggard
2. sad
3. downcast
4. distressed

Other readings

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

• cuìvariant of {悴|cuì}

Example sentences

• 你看上去很憔悴。
  Nǐ kànshangqu hěn qiáocuì.
  You look worn out.
• 玛丽早已变得太虚弱憔悴，似乎已经半截入土。
  Mary had become so frail and gaunt that it seemed she already had one foot in the grave.
• 玛丽变得如此虚弱和憔悴，似乎她的一只脚已经踏进了坟墓
  Mǎlì biànde rúcǐ xūruò hé qiáocuì, sìhū tā de yī zhī jiǎo yǐjīng tàjìn le fénmù
  Mary had become so frail and gaunt that it seemed she already had one foot in the grave.
• 玛丽变得如此虚弱和憔悴，似乎她的一只脚已经踏进了坟墓。
  Mary had become so frail and gaunt that it seemed she already had one foot in the grave.

Words containing 悴

• 憔悴qiáo cuìwan and sallow; thin and pallid; haggard

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
• 啐cuìto spit; (onomatopoeia) pshaw!; (old) to sip
• 瘁cuìcare-worn; distressed; tired

Characters that look like 悴

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

• 停tíngto stop; to halt; to park (a car)
• 博bó(bound form) abundant; plentiful; extensive; wide; to win; to gain; to play; to gamble
• 睁zhēngto open (one's eyes)
• 悼dàoto mourn; to lament
• 傅fù(bound form) instructor; (literary) to instruct; to attach
• 悖bèito go against; to be contrary to; perverse

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
• 啐to spit; (onomatopoeia) pshaw!; (old) to sip
• 淬dip into water; to temper
• 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