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)

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敦煌写本区分大小写不区分大小写白纸写黑字

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