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)
Contained in
- 灰树鹊(灰樹鵲) grey treepie (Dendrocitta formosae)
- 骨灰盒 box for bone ashes; funerary casket
- 灰猎犬(灰獵犬) greyhound
- 灰喜鹊(灰喜鵲) azure-winged magpie (Cyanopica cyanus)
- 灰濛濛 gray mist
- 灰瓣蹼鹬(灰瓣蹼鷸) red phalarope (Phalaropus fulicarius)
- 死灰 cinders ; pale countenance
- 石灰质(石灰質) calcium carbonate
- 灰头啄木鸟(灰頭啄木鳥) grey-headed woodpecker (Picus canus)
- 灰头土脸(灰頭土臉) head and face filthy with grime; covered in dirt; dejected and depressed
- 灰烬(灰燼) ashes
- 灰头雀鹛(灰頭雀鶥) Yunnan fulvetta (Alcippe fratercula)
- 庚斯博罗灰(庚斯博羅灰) Gainsboro; Gainsboro gray
- 灰喉鸦雀(灰喉鴉雀) ashy-throated parrotbill (Sinosuthora alphonsiana)
- 粉饰灰泥(粉飾灰泥) stucco
- 乌灰鸫(烏灰鶇) Japanese thrush (Turdus cardis)
- 烟灰(煙灰) cigarette ash
- 石灰石 limestone
- 灰头灰雀(灰頭灰雀) grey-headed bullfinch (Pyrrhula erythaca)
- 泥灰 plaster; lime plaster
- 灰背燕尾 slaty-backed forktail (Enicurus schistaceus)
- 褐灰雀 brown bullfinch (Pyrrhula nipalensis)
- 洋灰 cement
- 灰斑鸻(灰斑鴴) grey plover (Pluvialis squatarola)
- 灰冠鹟莺(灰冠鶲鶯) grey-crowned warbler (Seicercus tephrocephalus)
- 灰鹤(灰鶴) common crane
- 灰背鸫(灰背鶇) grey-backed thrush (Turdus hortulorum)
- 灰林鸽(灰林鴿) ashy wood pigeon (Columba pulchricollis)
- 灰山鹑(灰山鶉) grey partridge (Perdix perdix)
- 熟石灰 slaked lime; hydrated lime
- 心灰意冷 downhearted and dejected
- 灰白 grey
- 淡灰眉岩鹀(淡灰眉岩鵐) rock bunting (Emberiza cia)
- 灰尘(灰塵) dust
- 油灰刀 putty knife
- 灰腹绣眼鸟(灰腹繡眼鳥) oriental white-eye (Zosterops palpebrosus)
- 火山灰土 Andosols (Chinese Soil Taxonomy)
- 尘灰(塵灰) dust
- 灰霾 dust haze; dust storm
- 石灰华(石灰華) travertine; tufa (a type of banded marble)
- 灰褐色 a gray-brown color
- 抹灰 to plaster; to render (a wall); to bring shame on
- 灰喉针尾雨燕(灰喉針尾雨燕) silver-backed needletail (Hirundapus cochinchinensis)
- 灰背鸥(灰背鷗) slaty-backed gull (Larus schistisagus)
- 灰卷尾 ashy drongo (Dicrurus leucophaeus)
- 脊髓灰质炎(脊髓灰質炎) poliomyelitis
- 灰鹡鸰(灰鶺鴒) grey wagtail (Motacilla cinerea)
- 灰眶雀鹛(灰眶雀鶥) David's fulvetta (Alcippe davidi)
- 草木灰 plant ash
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 灰炭 (灰炭) 其三及纸酨灰炭給工器薪樵之費 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷二十四下 食貨志 Volume 24b: Treatise on Trade 2 — count: 3
- 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: 3