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粹

cuì

HSK 6 Character

What 粹 means

1. pure
2. unmixed
3. essence

Example sentences

• 纯粹数学是宗教。
  Chúncuìshùxué shì zōngjiào.
  Pure mathematics is religion.
• 我纯粹只是喜欢交朋友。
  Wǒ chúncuì zhǐshì xǐhuan jiāopéngyou.
  I really just want to make friends.
• 伊隆·马斯克是纳粹分子。
  Elon Musk is a Nazi.
• 这里全都是语法纳粹党人。
  It's all grammar nazis up in here.
• 我去那个派对纯粹是为了交际。
  Wǒqù nàge pàiduì chúncuì shì wèile jiāojì.
  I attended the party just to be sociable.
• 我与他之间只有纯粹的工作关系。
  My relationship with him is strictly professional.

Words containing 粹

• 纯粹chún cuìpure; unadulterated; purely
• 纳粹Nà cuìNazi (loanword)
• 国粹guó cuìnational essence; quintessence of national culture
• 精粹jīng cuìsuccinct; pure and concise
• 民粹派Mín cuì pàithe Narodniks, Russian populist group in the 19th century
• 纳粹党Nà cuì dǎngNazi Party; Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei (NSDAP) (1919-1945)
• 民粹主义mín cuì zhǔ yìpopulism
• 纳粹主义Nà cuì zhǔ yìNazism
• 纳粹分子Nà cuì fèn zǐNazi
• 纳粹德国Nà cuì Dé guóNazi Germany (1933-1945)
• 纯粹数学chún cuì shù xuépure mathematics

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
• 翠cuìbluish-green; green jade
• 萃cuìcollect; collection; dense
• 淬cuìdip into water; to temper
• 悴cuìhaggard; sad; downcast
• 啐cuìto spit; (onomatopoeia) pshaw!; (old) to sip
• 瘁cuìcare-worn; distressed; tired

Characters that look like 粹

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

• 鲜xiānfresh; bright (in color); delicious
• 跨kuàto step across; to stride over; to straddle
• 碎suì(transitive or intransitive) to break into pieces; to shatter; to crumble; broken…
• 醉zuìintoxicated
• 辟pìpenal law; variant of 辟
• 鲟xúnsturgeon; Acipenser sturio

Sounds the same

Read cuì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 脆brittle; fragile; crisp
• 翠bluish-green; green jade
• 萃collect; collection; dense
• 啐to spit; (onomatopoeia) pshaw!; (old) to sip
• 淬dip into water; to temper
• 悴haggard; sad; downcast
• 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