锈 meaning in English

xiù

to rust

HSK 7-9nounverbTraditional 鏽12 strokes

Meaning of 锈

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

xiù
  1. to rust
xiù
  1. variant of 鏽|锈[xiu4]

锈 in example sentences

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

这zhè个ge龙lóng头tóu出chū来lái的de水shuǐ都dōu是shì铁tiě锈xiù。
The water coming out of this faucet is rusty.
萨sà米mǐ将jiāng生shēng锈xiù的de叉chā子zi放fàng进jìn了le洗xǐ碗wǎn机jī。
Sami put the rusty fork in the dishwasher.
你nǐ有yǒu除chú锈xiù的de东dōng西xī吗ma?
Do you have anything to remove stains?
你nǐ的de刀dāo生shēng锈xiù了le。
Your knife is rusty.
如rú果guǒ你nǐ把bǎ自zì行xíng车chē留liú在zài雨yǔ中zhōng,它tā会huì生shēng锈xiù的de。
A bicycle will rust if you leave it in the rain.

Stroke order for each character

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锈 xiù · to rust · 12 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 锈.

生锈shēngxiù(of metal) to rust; to become rusty; (fig.) (of a skill etc) to get rusty; to deteriorate

Questions about 锈

What does 锈 mean?

锈 (xiù) means "to rust" and is used as a noun and verb.

How do you write 锈?

锈 is made of 1 character: 锈 (12 strokes). That is 12 strokes in total.

Is 锈 an HSK word?

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

How is 锈 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 锈 is written 鏽.