灰 huī
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huī
adjective
gray
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Color
Notes: (Guoyu '灰' adj 1) -
huī
noun
ash
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: The remains after burning something (Guoyu '灰' n 1; Unihan '灰') -
huī
adjective
discouraged; dejected
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In the sense of 沮丧; for example, the idiom 心灰意冷 (Guoyu '灰' adj 2) -
huī
noun
mortar; lime
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: An abbreviation for 石灰 (Guoyu '灰' n 3; Unihan '灰') -
huī
noun
dust
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In the sense of 尘土 (Guoyu '灰' n 2; Unihan '灰') -
huī
verb
to burn
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 燃烧 (Guoyu '灰' v 1) -
huī
verb
to disintegrate; to shatter
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 碎裂 (Guoyu '灰' v 2)
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- 吹灰之力 as easy as pie
- 灰蓝姬鹟(灰藍姬鶲) slaty-blue flycatcher (Ficedula tricolor)
- 抹灰 to plaster; to render (a wall); to bring shame on
- 熟石灰 slaked lime; hydrated lime
- 大灰啄木鸟(大灰啄木鳥) great slaty woodpecker (Mulleripicus pulverulentus)
- 暗灰 dark gray
- 灰岩 limestone
- 灰脸𫛭鹰(灰臉鵟鷹) grey-faced buzzard (Butastur indicus)
- 灰燕䴗(灰燕鶪) ashy woodswallow (Artamus fuscus)
- 灰菜 fat hen (Chenopodium album), edible annual plant
- 灰短脚鹎(灰短腳鵯) ashy bulbul (Hemixos flavala)
- 灰鹤(灰鶴) common crane
- 草原灰伯劳(草原灰伯勞) steppe grey shrike (Lanius pallidirostris)
- 灰斑鸠(灰斑鳩) Eurasian collared dove (Streptopelia decaocto)
- 灰头雀鹛(灰頭雀鶥) Yunnan fulvetta (Alcippe fratercula)
- 深灰色 dark gray
- 灰头灰雀(灰頭灰雀) grey-headed bullfinch (Pyrrhula erythaca)
- 烟灰缸(煙灰缸) ashtray
- 灰背伯劳(灰背伯勞) grey-backed shrike (Lanius tephronotus)
- 消石灰 calcium hydroxide Ca(OH)2; slaked lime
- 心灰意懒(心灰意懶) discouraged; downhearted
- 灰斑鸻(灰斑鴴) grey plover (Pluvialis squatarola)
- 灰头麦鸡(灰頭麥雞) grey-headed lapwing (Vanellus cinereus)
- 灰翅鸥(灰翅鷗) glaucous-winged gull (Larus glaucescens)
- 火山灰土 Andosols (Chinese Soil Taxonomy)
- 乌灰鹞(烏灰鷂) Montagu's harrier (Circus pygargus)
- 尘灰(塵灰) dust
- 铁灰色(鐵灰色) iron gray
- 灰头鹦鹉(灰頭鸚鵡) grey-headed parakeet (Psittacula finschii)
- 爬灰 incest between father-in-law and daughter-in-law
- 灰不喇唧 dull gray; gray and loathsome
- 灰鹡鸰(灰鶺鴒) grey wagtail (Motacilla cinerea)
- 灰背燕尾 slaty-backed forktail (Enicurus schistaceus)
- 灰熊 grizzly bear
- 灰孔雀雉 grey peacock-pheasant (Polyplectron bicalcaratum)
- 面如灰土 ashen-faced
- 南灰伯劳(南灰伯勞) southern grey shrike (Lanius meridionalis)
- 心灰意冷 downhearted and dejected
- 脊灰 polio
- 灰白色 ash gray
- 纸灰(紙灰) ash from burnt paper
- 吹死灰 sends the cinders flying
- 灰林鸮(灰林鴞) Himalayan owl (Strix nivicolum)
- 死灰 cinders ; pale countenance
- 乌灰银鸥(烏灰銀鷗) lesser black-backed gull (Larus fuscus)
- 灰心 to lose heart; to be discouraged
- 灰溜溜 dull gray; gloomy; dejected; crestfallen; with one's tail between one's legs
- 灰卷尾 ashy drongo (Dicrurus leucophaeus)
- 灰尾漂鹬(灰尾漂鷸) grey-tailed tattler (Tringa brevipes)
- 灰皮诺(灰皮諾) Pinot gris (grape type); Pinot grigio
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- 卷十六 志第六 律曆上 Volume 16 Treatises 6: Rhythm and the Calendar Part One Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 14
- 第一 律曆上 律準 候氣 Volume 91: Rhythm and the Calendar Part One Book of Later Han 後漢書 — count: 13
- 卷一百二十四 列傳第六十二: 忠義四 馬慶祥 商衡 朮甲脫魯灰 楊達夫 馮延登 烏古孫仲端 烏古孫奴申 蒲察琦 蔡八兒 溫敦昌孫 完顏絳山 畢資倫 郭蝦蟆 Volume 124 Biographies 62: Zhong Yisi, Ma Qingxiang, Shang Heng, Paijiatuoluhui, Yang Dafu, Feng Yandeng, Wugusunzhongduan, Wugusunnushen, Pu Chaqi, Cai Baer, Wendun Changsun, Wanyan Jiangshan, Bi Zilun, Guo Xiama History of Jin 金史 — count: 13
- 卷十一 志第一 律志序 Volume 11 Treatises 1: Lu Treatises Preface Book of Song 宋書 — count: 11
- 卷16 志第11 律曆上 Volume 16 Treatises 11: Measures and the Calendar 1 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 10
- 卷六十七 列傳第五: 石顯 桓赧弟:散達 烏春附:溫敦蒲刺 臘醅弟麻產 鈍恩 留可 阿疏 奚王回離保 Volume 67 Biographies 5: Shi Xian, Huan Nan and younger brother: Sanda, Wu Chun and relative: Wendun Puci, Lapei dimachan, Dun En, Liu Ke, A Shu, Xiwang Huilibao History of Jin 金史 — count: 8
- 內儲說上七術第三十 Chapter 30: A Collection of Sayings I Han Feizi 韓非子 — count: 7
- 卷五十五 Scroll 55 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 6
- 第六十九回 Chapter 69 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 5
- 卷七十八 志第二十八: 輿服一 Volume 78 Treatises 31: Carriages and Clothes 1 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 5
Collocations
- 灰灭 (灰滅) 盡種灰滅 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷五十一 李陳龐陳橋列傳 Volume 51: Biographies of Li, Chen, Pang, Chen, Qiao — count: 13
- 土灰 (土灰) 土灰极荣 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷八十上 文苑列傳 Volume 80a: Biographies of Writers 1 — count: 11
- 弃灰 (棄灰) 而殷法刑棄灰 — Han Feizi 韓非子, 內儲說上七術第三十 Chapter 30: A Collection of Sayings I — count: 10
- 灰聚 (灰聚) 人及風所動者其灰聚 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 第一 律曆上 律準 候氣 Volume 91: Rhythm and the Calendar Part One — count: 6
- 灰身 (灰身) 臣雖灰身破族 — Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志, 卷二十五 魏書二十五 辛毗楊阜高堂隆傳 Volume 25: Book of Wei 25 - Biographies of Xin Pi, Yang Fu, and Gaotang Long — count: 6
- 灰飞 (灰飛) 律氣應則灰飛 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷十六 志第六 律曆上 Volume 16 Treatises 6: Rhythm and the Calendar Part One — count: 6
- 扬灰 (揚灰) 或如揚灰 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷十二 志第二 天文中 Volume 12 Treatises 2: Astronomy Part Two — count: 5
- 灰散 (灰散) 其為氣所動者其灰散 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 第一 律曆上 律準 候氣 Volume 91: Rhythm and the Calendar Part One — count: 5
- 葭莩灰 (葭莩灰) 以葭莩灰抑其內端 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 第一 律曆上 律準 候氣 Volume 91: Rhythm and the Calendar Part One — count: 4
- 灰轻 (灰輕) 土灰輕而衡仰 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 第一 律曆上 律準 候氣 Volume 91: Rhythm and the Calendar Part One — count: 3