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萃

cuì

Character

What 萃 means

1. collect
2. collection
3. dense
4. grassy
5. thick
6. assemble
7. gather

Example sentences

• 出类拔萃！
  Outstanding!
• 他在班上出类拔萃。
  Tā zài bānshàng chūlèibácuì.
  He towers above the rest of the class.
• 玛丽是个平淡无奇的人，但是汤姆却认为她出类拔萃。
  Mǎlì shì gè píngdànwúqí de rén, dànshì Tāngmǔ què rènwéi tā chūlèibácuì.
  Mary is fairly plain, but Tom thinks she's the bee's knees.
• 虽然Luciano可能已经是出类拔萃，但他还是乳臭未干。
  Suīrán Luciano kěnéng yǐjīng shì chūlèibácuì, dàn tā háishi rǔxiùwèigān.
  Luciano might have the crowd behind him, but he's still wet behind the ears.

Words starting with 萃

• 萃取cuì qǔ(chemistry) liquid-liquid extraction (aka solvent extraction); to extract

Words containing 萃

• 荟萃huì cuì(of distinguished people or exquisite objects) to gather; to assemble
• 出类拔萃chū lèi bá cuìto excel the common (idiom); surpassing; preeminent; outstanding
• 冷萃lěng cuìto cold brew
• 拔萃bá cuìto distinguish oneself; to be of outstanding talent
• 集萃jí cuìtreasury
• 冷萃咖啡lěng cuì kā fēicold brew coffee
• 蕉萃qiáo cuìvariant of 憔悴

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
• 翠cuìbluish-green; green jade
• 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 萃

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

• 琴qínguqin 古琴; musical instrument in general
• 募mùto canvass for contributions; to collect; to raise; to recruit; to enlist
• 筝zhēngsee 古筝
• 犀xīrhinoceros; sharp
• 幂mì(math) power; exponent; to cover with a cloth; cloth cover; veil
• 莘shēnlong; numerous

Sounds the same

Read cuì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 脆brittle; fragile; crisp
• 粹pure; unmixed; essence
• 翠bluish-green; green jade
• 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