xiě

写

to write

HSK 2.0 · 1 HSK 3.0 · 1
01 · Write

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02 · Stroke order

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03 · Details

Meaning, words & where you learn it

Taught in your lessons 课程

Words with 写

听写 tīng xiě (of a pupil) to write down (in a dictation exercise); dictation HSK 1
写作 xiě zuò to write; to compose HSK 3
描写 miáo xiě to describe; to depict HSK 4
抄写 chāo xiě to copy; to transcribe HSK 4
写字楼 xiě zì lóu office building HSK 6
写字台 xiě zì tái writing desk HSK 6
填写 tián xiě to fill in a form; to write data in a box (on a questionnaire or web form) HSK 7–9
书写 shū xiě to write HSK 7–9
编写 biān xiě to compile HSK 7–9
撰写 zhuàn xiě to write; to compose HSK 7–9
写照 xiě zhào portrayal HSK 7–9

Examples from your lessons

  • 我不会写这个字。 I don't know how to write this character. Lesson 5
  • 你会写这个汉字吗? Can you write this character? Lesson 107
  • 今天的听写很难。 Today's dictation was hard. Lesson 107
  • 你会写汉字吗? Can you write Chinese characters? Lesson 107
  • 会写一点儿。 I can write a few. Lesson 107
  • 他一边听歌,一边写汉字。 He writes characters while listening to music. Lesson 119

Character facts

Radical
冖 cover
Parts
冖 + 与
Structure
Top–bottom
Traditional
寫
Unicode
U+5199
Same radical 冖