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脆

cuì

HSK 5 Character

What 脆 means

1. brittle
2. fragile
3. crisp
4. crunchy
5. clear and loud voice
6. neat

Other readings

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

• cuìold variant of {脆|cuì}

Example sentences

• 你干脆也来吧。
  Nǐ gāncuì yě lái ba.
  You might as well come, too.
• 我们还是脆弱不堪。
  We're still vulnerable.
• 汤姆烤了些巧克力脆饼。
  Tom baked some chocolate chip cookies.
• 他跟他们干脆地断绝来往了。
  He made a clean break with them.
• 我不知道该怎么回答，便干脆什么也不说。
  Wǒ bù zhīdào gāi zěnme huídá, biàn gāncuì shénme yě bù shuō.
  Not knowing what answer to make, I kept silent.
• 我不知道该怎么回答，便干脆甚么也不说。
  Not knowing what answer to make, I kept silent.

Words starting with 脆

• 脆弱cuì ruòweak; frail
• 脆片cuì piànchip
• 脆皮cuì pícrispy skin (of food)
• 脆脆cuì cuìcrispy
• 脆谷乐Cuì gǔ lèCheerios (breakfast cereal)
• 脆骨cuì gǔgristle
• 脆爽cuì shuǎng(of food) crispy and tasty; (of a voice or sound) sharp and clear

Words containing 脆

• 干脆gān cuìcandid; direct and to the point; simply
• 清脆qīng cuìsharp and clear; crisp; melodious
• 发脆fā cuìto become brittle; to become crisp
• 轻脆qīng cuìsharp and clear; crisp; melodious
• 干脆利落gān cuì lì luo(of speech or actions) direct and efficient; without fooling around
• 巧克力脆片qiǎo kè lì cuì piànchocolate chip
• 薄脆báo cuìcrispy; thin and brittle; a crispy fried cracker
• 爽脆shuǎng cuìsharp and clear; frank; straightfoward
• 酥脆sū cuìcrisp (of food)
• 干脆利索gān cuì lì suosee 干脆利落

Characters built on 危

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

• 跪guìto kneel
• 诡guǐ(bound form) sly; crafty; (literary) weird; bizarre; (literary) contradictory…

Characters that look like 脆

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

• 晓xiǎodawn; daybreak; to know
• 胰yípancreas
• 脐qí(bound form) the navel; the umbilicus; (bound form) the belly flap of a crab; apron
• 桅wéimast
• 眶kuàng(bound form) eye socket; Taiwan pr. kuāng
• 浣huànto wash; to rinse; any of three 10-day division of the month (during Tang dynasty)

Sounds the same

Read cuì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 粹pure; unmixed; essence
• 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