灰 meaning in English

huī

ash; dust

HSK 7-9nounadjective6 strokes

Meaning of 灰

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huī

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

他tā会huì让ràng你nǐ吃chī灰huī的de。

He will make you eat dirt.

把bǎ架jià子zi上shàng的de灰huī尘chén擦cā一yī下xià。

Dust off the shelf.

杰jié克kè刷shuā去qù了le他tā外wài套tào上shàng的de灰huī尘chén。

Jack brushed the dust off his coat.

我wǒ变biàn灰huī了le。

I turned grey.

我wǒ用yòng吸xī尘chén机jī把bǎ地dì上shàng的de灰huī尘chén吸xī掉diào了le。

I sucked up the dust on the floor with a vacuum cleaner.

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Words that share a character with 灰.

灰色	huīsè	gray; ash gray
灰尘	huīchén	dust
灰心	huīxīn	to lose heart; to be discouraged
骨灰	gǔhuī	bone ash; cremation ashes; cremains
灰烬	huījìn	ashes
烟灰缸	yānhuīgāng	ashtray
灰飞烟灭	huīfēiyānmiè	lit. scattered ashes and dispersed smoke (idiom); fig. to be annihilated
灰暗	huī'àn	dull gray; drab
石灰	shíhuī	lime (calcium oxide)
火山灰	huǒshānhuī	volcanic ash
烟灰	yānhuī	cigarette ash
灰熊	huīxióng	grizzly bear

What does 灰 mean?

灰 (huī) means "ash; dust" and is used as a noun and adjective.

How do you write 灰?

灰 is made of 1 character: 灰 (6 strokes). That is 6 strokes in total.

Is 灰 an HSK word?

Yes. 灰 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.