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翠

cuì

Character

What 翠 means

1. bluish-green
2. green jade

Example sentences

• 春天的时候，新竹城外的竹林特别翠绿。
  In spring, the bamboo grove outside Hsinchu City is especially green.

Words starting with 翠

• 翠绿cuì lǜgreenish-blue; emerald green
• 翠鸟cuì niǎokingfisher
• 翠冠玉cuì guān yùpeyote (Lophophora williamsii)
• 翠屏区Cuì píng QūCuiping, a district of Yibin City 宜宾市
• 翠青蛇cuì qīng shéEntechinus major (kind of snake)
• 翠金鹃cuì jīn juān(bird species of China) Asian emerald cuckoo (Chrysococcyx maculatus)
• 翠屏Cuì píngsee 翠屏区

Words containing 翠

• 翡翠fěi cuìjadeite; tree kingfisher
• 青翠qīng cuìfresh and green; verdant
• 苍翠cāng cuìverdant
• 娇翠jiāo cuìtender green (shoots)
• 滴翠dī cuìverdant; green
• 卡斯翠Kǎ sī cuìCastries, capital of Saint Lucia (Tw)
• 乌翠区Wū cuì QūWucui, a district of Yichun City 伊春市
• 环翠区Huán cuì QūHuancui, a district of Weihai City 威海市
• 普通翠鸟pǔ tōng cuì niǎo(bird species of China) common kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)
• 派翠西亚Pài cuì xī yàPatricia
• 蓝耳翠鸟lán ěr cuì niǎo(bird species of China) blue-eared kingfisher (Alcedo meninting)
• 斑头大翠鸟bān tóu dà cuì niǎo(bird species of China) Blyth's kingfisher (Alcedo hercules)
• 苍松翠柏cāng sōng cuì bǎievergreen pine and cypress (idiom); steadfast nobility
• 葱翠cōng cuìfresh green
• 翡冷翠Fěi lěng cuìFlorence, Italy (from Firenze)
• 蓝翡翠lán fěi cuì(bird species of China) black-capped kingfisher (Halcyon pileata)
• 赤翡翠chì fěi cuì(bird species of China) ruddy kingfisher (Halcyon coromanda)
• 白胸翡翠bái xiōng fěi cuì(bird species of China) white-throated kingfisher (Halcyon smyrnensis)
• 白领翡翠bái lǐng fěi cuì(bird species of China) collared kingfisher (Todiramphus chloris)
• 鹳嘴翡翠guàn zuǐ fěi cuì(bird species of China) stork-billed kingfisher (Pelargopsis capensis)
• 三趾翠鸟sān zhǐ cuì niǎo(bird species of China) black-backed dwarf kingfisher (Ceyx erithaca)
• 珍珠翡翠白玉汤zhēn zhū fěi cuì bái yù tāngcabbage, rice and tofu soup
• 乌翠Wū cuìsee 乌翠区
• 环翠Huán cuìsee 环翠区

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
• 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 翠

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

• 摩móto rub
• 筹chóuchip (in gambling); token (for counting); ticket; to prepare; to plan; to raise (funds)…
• 罩zhàoto cover; to spread over; a cover; a shade; a hood; bamboo fish trap
• 罂yīngearthen jar with small mouth
• 睪yìto spy out
• 蕈xùnmold; mushroom

Sounds the same

Read cuì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 脆brittle; fragile; crisp
• 粹pure; unmixed; essence
• 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