席卷 meaning in English
to engulf; to sweep
Traditional 席捲18 strokes
Meaning of 席卷
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
xíjuǎn
- to engulf
- to sweep
- to carry away everything
席卷 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
冷空气疾风席卷整栋房子。
A blast of cold air swept through the house.
海啸席卷稻田, 淹没了城镇。
Tsunamis swept through rice fields and flooded the towns.
Stroke order for each character
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席 xí · woven mat · 10 strokes
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卷 juǎn · to roll up · 8 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 席卷.
| 主席 | zhǔxí | chairperson; premier |
| 出席 | chūxí | to attend; to participate |
| 试卷 | shìjuàn | examination paper; test paper |
| 首席 | shǒuxí | seat of honor; chief (representative, correspondent etc) |
| 卷入 | juǎnrù | to be drawn into; to be involved in |
| 缺席 | quēxí | to be absent |
| 席位 | xíwèi | a seat (in a theater, stadium etc); parliamentary or congressional seat |
| 卷子 | juànzi | steamed roll; spring roll |
| 问卷 | wènjuàn | questionnaire |
| 龙卷风 | lóngjuǎnfēng | tornado; hurricane |
| 胶卷 | jiāojuǎn | roll of film |
| 卷心菜 | juǎnxīncài | cabbage (Brassica oleracea var. capitata) (CL:棵[ke1]) |
Questions about 席卷
What does 席卷 mean?
席卷 (xíjuǎn) means "to engulf; to sweep".
How do you write 席卷?
席卷 is made of 2 characters: 席 (10 strokes), 卷 (8 strokes). That is 18 strokes in total.
How is 席卷 written in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, 席卷 is written 席捲.