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溃

kuì

HSK 6 Character Traditional 潰

What 溃 means

1. bound form(of floodwaters) to break through a dam or dike
2. bound formto break through (a military encirclement)
3. bound formto be routed; to be overrun; to fall to pieces
4. bound formto fester; to ulcerate

Other readings

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

• huìused in {溃脓|huì nóng}; Taiwan pr. kuì

Example sentences

• 游戏崩溃。
  The game crashed.
• 电脑崩溃了。
  The computer crashed.
• 软件又崩溃了。
  The app crashed again.
• 状态已经崩溃了。
  My mood is shot.
• 阿尔及利亚不会崩溃。
  āěrjílìyà bú huì bēngkuì.
  Algeria isn't going to collapse.
• 他的政权必定会崩溃。
  Tā de zhèngquán bìdìng huì bēngkuì.
  His regime is bound to collapse.

Words starting with 溃

• 溃疡kuì yángulcer; to ulcerate
• 溃烂kuì lànto fester; to ulcerate
• 溃兵kuì bīngrouted troops; defeated and dispersed troops
• 溃败kuì bàito be utterly defeated; to be routed
• 溃散kuì sàn(of troops) to be routed and dispersed
• 溃敌kuì díto rout the enemy
• 溃决kuì jué(of a dike or dam) to burst
• 溃军kuì jūnrouted troops
• 溃逃kuì táoto flee in disorder
• 溃不成军kuì bù chéng jūn(idiom) (of troops) to be utterly routed and dispersed
• 溃坝kuì bà(of a dam) to be breached; to burst
• 溃脓huì nóng(of a sore etc) to fester; to ulcerate

Words containing 溃

• 崩溃bēng kuìto collapse; to crumble; to fall apart
• 击溃jī kuìto defeat; to smash; to rout
• 精神崩溃jīng shén bēng kuìnervous breakdown
• 口腔溃疡kǒu qiāng kuì yángcanker sore
• 一触即溃yī chù jí kuìto collapse on the first encounter; to give way at once
• 千里之堤，溃于蚁穴qiān lǐ zhī dī , kuì yú yǐ xué(lit.) an ant hole may cause the collapse of a great dike (idiom)…

Characters built on 贵

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

• 馈kuì(literary) to make an offering to the gods; variant of 馈
• 匮kuìto lack; lacking; empty
• 篑kuìbasket for carrying soil
• 聩kuìborn deaf; deaf; obtuse
• 蒉kuìAmaranthus mangostanus
• 愦kuìconfused; troubled

Characters that look like 溃

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

• 清qīng(of water etc) clear; clean; quiet; still; pure; uncorrupted
• 遗yí(bound form) to leave behind
• 遣qiǎn(bound form) to dispatch; to send; (bound form) to drive away; to dispel
• 渎dúdisrespectful; (literary) ditch
• 渍zìto soak; to be stained; stain
• 湮yān(literary) to sink into oblivion; (literary) to silt up; Taiwan pr. yīn

Sounds the same

Read kuì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 愧ashamed
• 馈(literary) to make an offering to the gods; variant of 馈
• 匮to lack; lacking; empty
• 篑basket for carrying soil
• 聩born deaf; deaf; obtuse
• 蒉Amaranthus mangostanus
• 喟to sigh
• 愦confused; troubled