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灰

huī

HSK 5 Character

What 灰 means

1. ash
2. dust
3. lime
4. gray
5. discouraged; dejected

Example sentences

• 我变灰了。
  I turned grey.
• 阁楼上积了灰。
  Dust had accumulated in the attic.
• 火山灰阻碍航运。
  Huǒshānhuī zǔ'ài hángyùn.
  Volcanic ash disrupted air travel.
• 他会让你吃灰的。
  He will make you eat dirt.
• 桌子被灰尘复盖。
  The table was covered with dust.
• 房子烧成了灰烬。
  The house burnt to ashes.

Words starting with 灰

• 灰尘huī chéndust
• 灰心huī xīnto lose heart; to be discouraged
• 灰色huī sègray; ash gray; grizzly
• 灰暗huī àndull gray; drab; murky
• 灰白huī báiash-colored
• 灰蒙蒙huī mēng mēngdusky; overcast (of weather)
• 灰姑娘Huī gū niangCinderella; a sudden rags-to-riches celebrity
• 灰烬huī jìnashes
• 灰溜溜huī liū liūdull gray; gloomy; dejected
• 灰飞烟灭huī fēi yān mièlit. scattered ashes and dispersed smoke (idiom); fig. to be annihilated…
• 灰头土脸huī tóu tǔ liǎnhead and face filthy with grime (idiom); covered in dirt; dejected and depressed
• 灰白色huī bái sèash gray
• 灰土huī tǔdust; (soil taxonomy) spodosol
• 灰心丧气huī xīn sàng qìdownhearted; downcast; in despair
• 灰度huī dùgrayscale
• 灰水huī shuǐgray water
• 灰产huī chǎngray-market industry; industry operating in legal or ethical gray areas (abbr. for 灰色产业
• 灰菜huī càifat hen (Chenopodium album), edible annual plant
• 灰领huī lǐnggray collar; specialist; technical worker
• 灰伯劳huī bó láo(bird species of China) northern shrike (Lanius borealis)
• 灰卷尾huī juǎn wěi(bird species of China) ashy drongo (Dicrurus leucophaeus)
• 灰皮诺Huī pí nuòPinot gris (grape type); Pinot grigio
• 灰背伯劳huī bèi bó láo(bird species of China) grey-backed shrike (Lanius tephronotus)
• 灰色地带huī sè dì dàigray area

Words containing 灰

• 骨灰gǔ huībone ash; cremation ashes; cremains
• 石灰shí huīlime (calcium oxide)
• 烟灰缸yān huī gāngashtray
• 烟灰yān huīcigarette ash
• 心灰意冷xīn huī yì lěngdiscouraged; downhearted
• 骨灰盒gǔ huī hébox for bone ashes; funerary casket
• 万念俱灰wàn niàn jù huīevery hope turns to dust (idiom); completely disheartened
• 深灰色shēn huī sèdark gray
• 吃灰chī huī(neologism c. 2019) (coll.) to gather dust
• 吹灰chuī huīto blow away dust
• 洋灰yáng huīcement
• 珠灰zhū huīpearl gray
• 纸灰zhǐ huīash from burnt paper
• 奶奶灰nǎi nai huīgranny gray (hair color)
• 枪灰色qiāng huī sègunmetal gray
• 油灰刀yóu huī dāoputty knife
• 消石灰xiāo shí huīcalcium hydroxide Ca(OH)2; slaked lime
• 火山灰huǒ shān huīvolcanic ash
• 熟石灰shú shí huīslaked lime; hydrated lime
• 生石灰shēng shí huīcalcium oxide CaO; quicklime
• 石灰石shí huī shílimestone
• 石灰华shí huī huátravertine (geology); tufa (a type of banded marble)
• 圣灰节shèng huī jiéAsh Wednesday (first day of Lent)
• 草木灰cǎo mù huīplant ash

Characters that look like 灰

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

• 在zàito exist; to be alive; (of sb or sth) to be (located) at…
• 发fāto send out; to show (one's feeling); to issue
• 央yāngcenter; end; to beg
• 夹jiāto press from either side; to place in between; to sandwich
• 矣yǐclassical final particle, similar to modern 了
• 奂huànexcellent

Sounds the same

Read huī, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 挥to wave; to brandish; to command
• 恢(bound form) vast; expansive; (bound form) to restore; to recover
• 辉(bound form) radiance; brilliance; to shine
• 徽badge; emblem; insignia
• 晖sunshine; to shine upon; variant of 辉
• 麾signal flag; to signal
• 诙whimsical; humorous
• 虺sick; with no ambition
• 隳destroy; overthrow
• 煇bright; glorious
• 翚pheasant; golden pheasant; variegated
• 袆a queen's ceremonial gowns