(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.
Used in
Stories
(1)Grammar articles
(11)The Mandarin 把 (bǎ) Construction: Fronting the Object to Say What You Did To It
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
Mandarin Intermediate Grammar (B1-B2 / HSK 4-5): Complements, Conjunctions and the Full 了 System
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
Topic-Comment Structure in Mandarin: Fronting 这本书我看过 and Why Word Order Bends
Mandarin Word Order: SVO, Topic-Comment, and the 把 Construction That Reorders Everything
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