cuī
verb #21,713

Meanings

  1. 1 to destroy
  2. 2 to break
  3. 3 to devastate
  4. 4 to crush

Examples

Kuángfēng cuī zhé le shùmù, mǎn dì lángjí.
The fierce wind destroyed the trees, leaving the ground in chaos.
Jiān bù kě cuī de yìzhì shǐ tā dùguò le chóngchóng kùnnan.
His indestructible will carried him through countless hardships.

Tips

usage
is largely classical/literary and rarely stands alone in modern Chinese. It appears in set phrases: 坚不可摧 (indestructible), (able to overcome any obstacle), and 摧毁 (cuīhuǐ, the common modern word for 'to destroy').

Stroke Order

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