写 (寫) xiě

1. xiě verb to write
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Writing
   Notes: For example, 白纸写黑字 'to write black characters on white paper [to clearly document the matter]' (Guoyu '寫' v 2; Kroll 2015 '寫' 3b, p. 505; Suyu. p. 22; Unihan '寫'; XHZD '写' 1, p. 829)
2. xiě noun writing
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (XHZD '写' 2, p. 829)
3. xiě verb to move; to shift; to place
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '寫' v 1; Kroll 2015 '寫' 1, p. 505)
4. xiě verb to pour out; to vent; to confess
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '寫' v 6; Kroll 2015 '寫' 2, p. 505)
5. xiě verb to copy; to transcribe
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 抄录 (Guoyu '寫' v 4; Kroll 2015 '寫' 3, p. 505)
6. xiě verb to resemble; to seem like
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '寫' 3c, p. 505)
7. xiè verb to remove
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: As a variant of 卸 (Guoyu '寫' xiè v; Kroll 2015 '寫' xiè, p. 505)
8. xiě verb to agree upon
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 订约 (Guoyu '寫' v 5)
9. xiě verb to compose; to describe
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Writing
   Notes: (Guoyu '寫' v 3; Unihan '寫'; XHZD '写' 3, p. 829)
10. xiě verb to draw; to sketch
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '寫' 3a, p. 505; Unihan '寫'; XHZD '写' 4, p. 829)

Contained in

• 写意画(寫意畫) freehand drawing or painting in traditional Chinese style
• 谱写(譜寫) to compose
• 连写(連寫) to write without lifting one's pen from the paper
• 读写(讀寫) reading and writing
• 人物描写(人物描寫) portrayal
• 手写体(手寫體) handwriting
• 简写(簡寫) to simplify ; to write in simplified characters
• 摹写(摹寫) to depict; to portray; to imitate; to copy
• 临写(臨寫) to copy (a model of calligraphy or painting)
• 代写(代寫) to write as substitute for; to plagiarize
• 描写(描寫) to describe; to depict; to portray
• 写照(寫照) portrayal ; to paint or draw a portrait
• 特写(特寫) feature article; close-up (filmmaking, photography etc)
• 可擦写(可擦寫) erasable
• 大小写(大小寫) case
• 图写(圖寫) to draw; to paint
• 写景(寫景) to write about nature
• 隐写术(隱寫術) steganography
• 传写(傳寫) to copy; to pass on a copy
• 博客写手(博客寫手) blogger; blog writer
• 大写字母(大寫字母) capital letters; uppercase letters
• 能写善算(能寫善算) to be literate and numerate
• 草写(草寫) to write in cursive script
• 写生(寫生) to sketch from nature; to do a still life drawing
• 题写(題寫) to create a work of calligraphy for display in a prominent place
• 影写本(影寫本) an exact handwritten copy
• 撰写(撰寫) to write; to compose
• 填写(填寫) to fill in a form; to write data in a box
• 写字板(寫字板) writing tablet; clipboard
• 缩写词(縮寫詞) abbreviation
• 时写时辍(時寫時輟) to write for a bit then give up; to write in fits and starts
• 改写(改寫) to revise; to edit
• 可擦写可编程只读存储器(可擦寫可編程只讀存儲器) EPROM (erasable programmable read-only memory)
• 首字母缩写(首字母縮寫) acronym
• 复写纸(複寫紙) carbon paper
• 写意(寫意) comfortable; enjoyable; relaxed
• 擦写(擦寫) to erase
• 涂写(塗寫) to daub; to scribble (graffiti)
• 写本(寫本) manuscript; handwritten copy
• 侧写(側寫) to profile; profile; (offender) profiling
• 写字楼(寫字樓) office building
• 译写(譯寫) to translate; to render foreign words; to transliterate
• 写信(寫信) to write a letter
• 写真(寫真) to paint a portrait ; a portrait ; to describe accurately ; photography
• 模写(模寫) to depict; to portray; to imitate; to copy
• 简写本(簡寫本) abridged edition
• 外典写作(外典寫作) apocryphal writings

Also contained in

敦煌写本 、 区分大小写 、 不区分大小写 、 白纸写黑字

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• 第三十九回 Chapter 39 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 22
• 第四十五回 Chapter 45 The Scholars 儒林外史 — count: 19
• 卷八十三　志第三十三: 　選舉三 Volume 83 Treatises 36: Selection of Officials 3 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 17
• 第七回 Chapter 7 The Scholars 儒林外史 — count: 15
• 第三十三回 Chapter 33 The Scholars 儒林外史 — count: 12
• 第二回 Chapter 37 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 12
• 第三十回 Chapter 30 The Scholars 儒林外史 — count: 12
• 第十八回 Chapter 18 The Scholars 儒林外史 — count: 12
• 第二回 Chapter 50 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 12
• 第二回 Chapter 70 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 12

Collocations

• 心写 (心寫) 我心寫兮 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 小雅‧南有嘉魚之什‧蓼蕭 Minor odes of the kingdom - Nan You Jia Yu Zhi Shen - Liao Xiao — count: 4
• 写书 (寫書) 置寫書之官 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷三十 兿文志 Volume 30: Treatise on Literature — count: 4
• 输写 (輸寫) 吏見者皆輸寫心腹 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷七十六 趙尹韓張兩王傳 Volume 76: Zhao, Yin, Han, Zhang and two Wangs — count: 3
• 写一 (寫一) 宜寫一通 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷五十二 崔駰列傳 Volume 52: Biography of Cui Yin — count: 3
• 欲写 (欲寫) 篤欲寫左氏傳 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷六十四 吳延史盧趙列傳 Volume 64: Biographies of Wu, Yan, Shi, Lu, Zhao — count: 2
• 写传 (寫傳) 篤以箋記紙不可寫傳 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷六十四 吳延史盧趙列傳 Volume 64: Biographies of Wu, Yan, Shi, Lu, Zhao — count: 2
• 布写 (布寫) 肸蠁布寫 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《司馬相如列傳》 Biography of Sima Xiangru — count: 2
• 用写 (用寫) 編用寫書 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷五十一 賈鄒枚路傳 Volume 51: Jia, Zou, Mei and Lu — count: 2
• 尽写 (儘寫) 盡寫其食 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷十九　脩務訓 Chapter 19: Cultivation of Effort — count: 2
• 写凤 (寫鳳) 寫鳳之音 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷三　天文訓 Chapter 3: Celestial Phenomena — count: 2