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蚀

shí

HSK 6 Character Traditional 蝕

What 蚀 means

1. to nibble away at sth
2. to eat into
3. to erode

Example sentences

• 酸性腐蚀了金属。
  Suānxìng fǔshí le jīnshǔ.
  The acid ate into the metal.
• 日蚀只会偶尔发生。
  An eclipse of the sun is a rare appearance.
• 你看了昨天的月蚀了吗？
  Nǐ kàn le zuótiān de yuèshí le ma?
  Did you see yesterday's eclipse?
• 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.
• 湿地在生态系统中扮演着净化水源、防止洪水和侵蚀、为野生动物提供食物和栖息地的重要角色。
  Wetlands play important roles in the ecosystem in purifying water, protecting against flood and erosion, and as both a source of food and habitat for wild animals.

Words starting with 蚀

• 蚀刻shí kèto etch; engraving

Words containing 蚀

• 腐蚀fǔ shícorrosion; to corrode (degrade chemically); to rot
• 侵蚀qīn shíto erode; to corrode
• 偏蚀piān shípartial eclipse
• 全蚀quán shítotal eclipse
• 冰蚀bīng shíglaciated; eroded by ice
• 剥蚀bō shíto corrode; to expose by corrosion (geology)
• 冲蚀chōng shíto erode; erosion
• 浪蚀làng shíwave erosion
• 海蚀hǎi shícoastal erosion; marine abrasion
• 消蚀xiāo shíto corrode; to erode; to wear away (lit. and fig.)
• 磨蚀mó shíerosion; abrasion
• 耐蚀nài shíto resist corrosion
• 销蚀xiāo shí(lit. and fig.) to corrode; to erode; to wear away
• 锈蚀xiù shíto rust away
• 雨蚀yǔ shírain erosion
• 风蚀fēng shíwind erosion
• 溶蚀róng shídissolving; erosion by groundwater; corrosion
• 白蚀症bái shí zhèngvitiligo
• 耐腐蚀nài fǔ shíproof against corrosion
• 腐蚀剂fǔ shí jìa corrosive (chemical)
• 腐蚀性fǔ shí xìng(lit. and fig.) corrosive; corrosiveness
• 侵蚀作用qīn shí zuò yòngerosion
• 溶蚀作用róng shí zuò yòngdissolving; erosion by groundwater; corrosion
• 蛀蚀zhù shíto corrupt; to erode

Characters built on 虫

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

• 蜜mìhoney
• 蚁yǐant
• 蜘zhīused in 蜘蛛
• 蜥xī(bound form) lizard
• 蜴yìused in 蜥蜴
• 蛎lìoyster
• 蟋xīused in 蟋蟀
• 蜱pítick (zoology)

Characters that look like 蚀

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

• 钱qiáncoin; money; unit of weight, one tenth of a tael 两
• 怕pàto be afraid; to fear; to dread
• 钝dùnblunt; stupid
• 钰yùtreasure; hard metal
• 钜jù(literary) hard iron; (literary) hook; barb; used in personal names and place names
• 饯jiànfarewell dinner; preserves

Sounds the same

Read shí, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 时o'clock; time; when
• 识to know; knowledge; Taiwan pr. shì
• 十ten; 10
• 实real; true; honest
• 石rock; stone; stone inscription
• 食to eat; food; animal feed
• 什ten (used in fractions, writing checks etc); assorted; miscellaneous
• 拾to pick up; to collate or arrange; ten (banker's anti-fraud numeral)
• 莳used in 莳萝
• 祏stone shrine
• 湜clear water; pure
• 炻stoneware