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腐蚀

fǔ shí

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 腐蝕

腐蚀 (fǔ shí) means "corrosion; to corrode (degrade chemically); to rot". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 腐蚀 means

1. corrosion
2. to corrode (degrade chemically)
3. to rot
4. corruption

The characters in 腐蚀

• 腐fǔdecay; rotten
• 蚀shíto nibble away at sth; to eat into; to erode

Example sentences

• 酸性腐蚀了金属。
  Suānxìng fǔshí le jīnshǔ.
  The acid ate into the metal.
• 酸性会腐蚀含有金属的物质。
  Suānxìng huì fǔshí hányǒu jīnshǔ de wùzhì.
  Acid acts on things which contain metal.
• 乐观如明灯,照亮希望的前程. 消极如毒品,腐蚀健康的心灵.
  Lèguān rú míng dēng, zhàoliàng xīwàng de qiánchéng. xiāojí rú dúpǐn, fǔshí jiànkāng de xīnlíng.
  Optimism is like the lamp of hope. Pessimism [or negativity] is like a drug of sorrow.

Words starting with 腐蚀

• 腐蚀剂fǔ shí jìa corrosive (chemical)
• 腐蚀性fǔ shí xìng(lit. and fig.) corrosive; corrosiveness

Words containing 腐蚀

• 耐腐蚀nài fǔ shíproof against corrosion

Sounds the same

Read fǔ shí, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 辅食complementary food (for an infant)

Where 腐蚀 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · fù (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
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