刷漆 (shuāqī): to paint (apply lacquer/paint)

Meanings

1 to paint (apply lacquer/paint)
2 to apply a coat of paint

Characters

刷

Examples

门框需要重新刷漆。

Ménkuàng xūyào chóngxīn shuāqī.

The door frame needs a fresh coat of paint.

刷漆前要打磨、上底漆。

Shuāqī qián yào dǎmó, shàng dǐqī.

Before painting, you need to sand and apply primer.

Tips

usage

刷漆 covers any painting job — walls, doors, furniture. Overlaps with 刷墙 when it's walls specifically, but 刷漆 is broader and emphasizes the paint/lacquer (漆) rather than the surface.

Stroke Order

刷 shuā

漆 qī

Related Words

刷 shuā HSK 4 #3,768

to brush; to scrub / to paint; to apply / to swipe (a card); to scroll (on phone)

油漆 yóuqī #6,669

paint / lacquer / to paint (a surface)

喷漆 pēnqī #16,028

to spray paint or lacquer / spray paint; lacquer

刷墙 shuāqiáng

to paint a wall / to whitewash a wall

漆 qī HSK 7 #6,281

paint / lacquer / varnish

刷牙 shuāyá HSK 4 #8,032

to brush one's teeth

刷屏 shuāpíng

to flood a feed / to go viral / to spam a screen with posts

胶漆交 jiāoqījiāo

a deep, inseparable friendship / a bond as firm as glue and lacquer

刷单 shuādān

to fake orders (to game a platform) / to inflate sales with sham transactions

刷弹幕 shuādànmù

to spam bullet comments (livestream/video) / to flood the chat with danmaku