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锈

xiù

HSK 6 Character Traditional 鏽

What 锈 means

1. to rust

Other readings

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

• xiùvariant of {锈|xiù}

Example sentences

• 你的刀生锈了。
  Your knife is rusty.
• 你有除锈的东西吗？
  Nǐ yǒu chú xiù de dōngxi ma?
  Do you have anything to remove stains?
• 萨米将生锈的叉子放进了洗碗机。
  Sami put the rusty fork in the dishwasher.
• 如果你把自行车留在雨中，它会生锈的。
  Rúguǒ nǐ bǎ zìxíngchē liú zài yǔ zhōng, tā huì shēng xiù de.
  A bicycle will rust if you leave it in the rain.

Words starting with 锈

• 锈迹xiù jìrust stain
• 锈蚀xiù shíto rust away
• 锈斑xiù bānrust spot; rust stain (on metal); rusty spot (on plants)
• 锈红腹旋木雀xiù hóng fù xuán mù què(bird species of China) rusty-flanked treecreeper (Certhia nipalensis)
• 锈腹短翅鸫xiù fù duǎn chì dōng(bird species of China) rusty-bellied shortwing (Brachypteryx hyperythra)
• 锈胸蓝姬鹟xiù xiōng lán jī wēng(bird species of China) slaty-backed flycatcher (Ficedula erithacus)
• 锈脸钩嘴鹛xiù liǎn gōu zuǐ méi(bird species of China) rusty-cheeked scimitar babbler (Erythrogenys erythrogenys)
• 锈额斑翅鹛xiù é bān chì méi(bird species of China) rusty-fronted barwing (Actinodura egertoni)

Words containing 锈

• 生锈shēng xiù(of metal) to rust; to become rusty; (fig.) (of a skill etc) to get rusty; to deteriorate
• 不锈钢bù xiù gāngstainless steel
• 茶锈chá xiùtea stain (on the inside of a tea pot, tea cup etc)
• 铜锈tóng xiùverdigris
• 铁锈tiě xiùrust
• 防锈fáng xiùto prevent rust; to resist rusting
• 不锈铁bù xiù tiěrust-resistant iron…
• 铜锈层tóng xiù céngpatina
• 铁锈带Tiě xiù dàiRust Belt
• 永不生锈的螺丝钉yǒng bù shēng xiù de luó sī dīnga "screw that never rusts" – metaphor used in CCP propaganda to praise loyal, selfless…
• 刀不磨要生锈，人不学要落后dāo bù mó yào shēng xiù , rén bù xué yào luò hòu(proverb) a blade will get rusty if it is not sharpened…

Characters that look like 锈

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

• 锁suǒto lock; to lock up; a lock
• 锡xītin (chemistry); to bestow; to confer
• 铸zhùto cast or found metals
• 锯jùa saw; to saw
• 犊dúcalf; sacrificial victim
• 甥shēng(bound form) sister's son; nephew

Sounds the same

Read xiù, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 秀(bound form) refined; elegant; graceful; beautiful; (bound form) superior; excellent…
• 袖sleeve; to tuck inside one's sleeve
• 嗅to smell; to sniff; to nose
• 绣to embroider; embroidery
• 臭sense of smell; smell bad
• 岫cave; mountain peak
• 宿constellation
• 溴bromine (chemistry)
• 琇(jade)
• 珛quickly-deteriorating jade
• 褎sleeve; ample flowing robes
• 峀old variant of 岫