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Keyword
to write
  • to draw
  • to sketch
  • to compose
Frequency
#513
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5
Readings
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写xiě
to write
写作xiězuò
to write; to compose; writing; written works
描写miáoxiě
to describe; to depict; to portray; depiction; portrayal
撰写zhuànxiě
to write; to compose
编写biānxiě
to compile
写道xiědào
to write (used before or after a quoted passage)
写下xiěxià
to write down
填写tiánxiě
to fill in a form; to write data in a box (on a questionnaire or web form)
缩写suōxiě
abbreviation; to abridge
写信xiěxìn
to write a letter
改写gǎixiě
to revise; to edit
写真xiězhēn
portrait; to describe sth accurately
特写tèxiě
feature article; close-up (filmmaking, photography etc)
写实xiěshí
realism; realistic portrayal; realistic; true to life
写字xiězì
to write (by hand); to practice calligraphy
写法xiěfǎ
style of writing (literary style); way of writing a character; spelling
写字楼xiězìlóu
office building
读写dúxiě
reading and writing
谱写pǔxiě
to compose (a piece of music); (fig.) to create, by one's actions, a narrative (generally one that can be recounted with pride)
轻描淡写qīngmiáodànxiě
(idiom) to treat sth as no big deal; to downplay; to understate
大写dàxiě
capital letters; uppercase letters; block letters; banker's anti-fraud numerals