灰 huī

1. huī adjective gray
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Color
   Notes: (Guoyu '灰' adj 1)
2. huī noun ash
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: The remains after burning something (Guoyu '灰' n 1; Unihan '灰')
3. 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)
4. huī noun mortar; lime
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: An abbreviation for 石灰 (Guoyu '灰' n 3; Unihan '灰')
5. huī noun dust
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 尘土 (Guoyu '灰' n 2; Unihan '灰')
6. huī verb to burn
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 燃烧 (Guoyu '灰' v 1)
7. 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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• 灰浆(灰漿) mortar (for masonry)
• 圣灰节(聖灰節) Ash Wednesday (first day of Lent)
• 灰濛濛 gray mist
• 灰头雀鹛(灰頭雀鶥) Yunnan fulvetta (Alcippe fratercula)
• 灰胸竹鸡(灰胸竹雞) Chinese bamboo partridge (Bambusicola thoracicus)
• 圣灰瞻礼日(聖灰瞻禮日) Ash Wednesday
• 抹一鼻子灰 to rub one's nose with dust; to suffer a snub; to meet with a rebuff
• 灰燕䴗(灰燕鶪) ashy woodswallow (Artamus fuscus)
• 灰陶 gray pottery
• 劫灰 burned to ash
• 灰翅噪鹛(灰翅噪鶥) moustached laughingthrush (Garrulax cineraceus)
• 石灰质(石灰質) calcium carbonate
• 灰头绿鸠(灰頭綠鳩) ashy-headed green pigeon (Treron phayrei)
• 灰头鹀(灰頭鵐) black-faced bunting (Emberiza spodocephala)
• 消石灰 calcium hydroxide Ca(OH)2; slaked lime
• 草原灰伯劳(草原灰伯勞) steppe grey shrike (Lanius pallidirostris)
• 灰头斑翅鹛(灰頭斑翅鶥) streaked barwing (Actinodura souliei)
• 灰斑鸻(灰斑鴴) grey plover (Pluvialis squatarola)
• 灰脸𫛭鹰(灰臉鵟鷹) grey-faced buzzard (Butastur indicus)
• 灰斑鸠(灰斑鳩) Eurasian collared dove (Streptopelia decaocto)
• 灰头薮鹛(灰頭藪鶥) red-faced liocichla (Liocichla phoenicea)
• 叉灰泥 mortar
• 磷灰石 apatite; phosphatic limestone
• 铁灰色(鐵灰色) iron gray
• 灰树鹊(灰樹鵲) grey treepie (Dendrocitta formosae)
• 暗灰 dark gray
• 灰姑娘 Cinderella ; a sudden rags-to-riches celebrity
• 灰菜 fat hen (Chenopodium album), edible annual plant
• 法网灰灰，疏而不漏(法網灰灰，疏而不漏) The net of justice is wide, but no-one escapes.
• 不费吹灰之力(不費吹灰之力) as easy as blowing off dust; effortless; with ease
• 深灰色 dark gray
• 灰心丧气(灰心喪氣) downhearted; downcast; in despair
• 灰头椋鸟(灰頭椋鳥) chestnut-tailed starling (Sturnia malabarica)
• 灰山椒鸟(灰山椒鳥) ashy minivet (Pericrocotus divaricatus)
• 灰胁噪鹛(灰脅噪鶥) grey-sided laughingthrush (Garrulax caerulatus)
• 骨灰 bone ash; ashes of the dead
• 灰獴 gray mongoose (Herpestes edwardsii)
• 灰鹤(灰鶴) common crane
• 灰喉鸦雀(灰喉鴉雀) ashy-throated parrotbill (Sinosuthora alphonsiana)
• 灰头灰雀(灰頭灰雀) grey-headed bullfinch (Pyrrhula erythaca)
• 灰头鸫(灰頭鶇) chestnut thrush (Turdus rubrocanus)
• 烟灰(煙灰) cigarette ash
• 灰翅鸫(灰翅鶇) grey-winged blackbird (Turdus boulboul)
• 灰喜鹊(灰喜鵲) azure-winged magpie (Cyanopica cyanus)
• 灰背隼 merlin (Falco columbarius)
• 灰椋鸟(灰椋鳥) white-cheeked starling (Spodiopsar cineraceus)
• 灰腹绣眼鸟(灰腹繡眼鳥) oriental white-eye (Zosterops palpebrosus)
• 灰熊 grizzly bear
• 灰水 gray water
• 灰鲸(灰鯨) gray whale

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抹灰

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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
• 烧灰 (燒灰) 毋燒灰 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《月令》 Proceedings of Government in the Different Months — 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