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盔

kuī

Character

What 盔 means

1. helmet

Example sentences

• 我要戴头盔。
  I'd wear a helmet.
• 他重新戴上了他的头盔。
  He put his helmet back on.
• 维京人其实不戴有角的头盔。
  Vikings didn't really wear horned helmets.
• 你要戴上头盔来保护你的头部。
  Nǐ yào dàishang tóukuī lái bǎohù nǐ de tóubù.
  You have to wear a helmet to protect your head.
• 开摩托车不戴头盔是很危险的。
  Kāi mótuōchē bù dài tóukuī shì hěn wēixiǎn de.
  It is dangerous to ride a motorbike without a helmet.
• 斯堪的纳维亚现在已经不流行戴维京人那种有角的头盔了。
  Sīkāndìnàwéiyà xiànzài yǐjīng bù liúxíng dài Wéijīngrén nà zhǒng yǒu jiǎo de tóukuī le.
  Viking helmets with horns aren't in style in Scandinavia anymore.

Words starting with 盔

• 盔甲kuī jiǎarmor; body armor and helmet
• 盔头kuī toudecorated hat or helmet in Chinese opera to characterize role

Words containing 盔

• 头盔tóu kuīhelmet
• 钢盔gāng kuīmetal helmet; (military) helmet
• 锅盔guō kuīlarge round baked wheat pancake
• 丢盔弃甲diū kuī qì jiǎ(idiom) to throw away one's helmet and armor while fleeing from defeat
• 扣屎盔子kòu shǐ kuī zi(northern dialect) lit. to cap in excrement; fig. to discredit with absurd unfounded…
• 花冠皱盔犀鸟huā guān zhòu kuī xī niǎo(bird species of China) wreathed hornbill (Rhyticeros undulatus)

Characters built on 灰

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

• 恢huī(bound form) vast; expansive; (bound form) to restore; to recover
• 诙huīwhimsical; humorous

Characters that look like 盔

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

• 盗dàoto steal; to rob; to plunder
• 菌jūngerm; bacteria; fungus
• 盎àng(literary) ancient earthenware container with a big belly and small mouth…
• 盏zhǎna small cup; classifier for lamps
• 蛊gǔarch. legendary venomous insect; to poison; to bewitch
• 黍shǔbroomcorn millet; glutinous millet

Sounds the same

Read kuī, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 亏to lose (money); to have a deficit; to be deficient; to treat unfairly
• 窥to peep; to pry into
• 岿high and mighty (of mountain); hilly
• 悝to laugh at
• 刲cut open and clean