(xiě) - to write in Mandarin
xiěTraditional: 寫
Translation
to write
Word origin
The character 写 (xiě) 'to write' is the simplified form of 寫. The traditional form had the 宀 'roof' radical with 舄 as phonetic; it originally meant to place or set down, extended to writing.
- Origin
- phono-semantic compound
- Root
- simplified from 寫 (宀 roof radical + 舄 phonetic)
Stroke order
写
Examples
业。
He is doing written homework.
封。
Please help me write a letter.
。
Please write your name here.
。
Please write your name here.
。
He writes a diary every day.
写 (xiě) - to write.
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(5)Grammar articles
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Mandarin Co-verbs: 从, 到, 在, 用, 坐, 给 - the Prepositions That Look Like Verbs
Mandarin Complements: 得 for Manner, Directional Endings, and How to Attach a Result to a Verb
Mandarin Verb Conjugation: Why It Doesn't Exist and What Replaces It
Figurative Directional Complements in Mandarin: 起来, 下去 and 出来 Beyond Up, Down and Out
How to Say Even Though and Even If in Mandarin: 虽然, 即使, 就算 and 尽管
Mandarin Intermediate Grammar (B1-B2 / HSK 4-5): Complements, Conjunctions and the Full 了 System
The Mandarin 连...都/也 Construction: How to Say 'Even', and Why the Word Has to Move
The Spoken Passives 让 (ràng), 叫 (jiào) and 给 (gěi): What People Say Instead of 被
Mandarin Relative Clauses with 的 (de): How the Modifier Goes Before the Noun
Mandarin Resultative Complements: Fusing a Result onto the Verb (看见, 吃完, 找到)
Serial Verb Constructions in Mandarin: 我去商店买东西 and Stacking Verbs in Sequence
The Mandarin 所 (suǒ) Family: 所有, 所谓, 所 + Verb, and the 为...所 Passive
Topic-Comment Structure in Mandarin: Fronting 这本书我看过 and Why Word Order Bends
Mandarin Sentence Structure: Word Order, Topic-Comment and the 把 Construction
The Mandarin 以 (yǐ) Family: 以为, 以及, 以便, 以免, 以来 and 以...为...
The Mandarin 者 (zhě) Suffix: 作者, 读者, 前者, and Naming the One Who Does It
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