灰

The character "灰" has 6 strokes. "灰" is one of the 3500 commonly used characters. The character "灰" has 1 pronunciations, . The pronunciations of "灰" are "huī" . View the stroke order of "灰">>

The basic meaning of the Chinese character "灰"

n.: ash; dust; powder; lime; (lime) mortar

adj.: grey; disheartened; discouraged

• ash : n.灰；灰烬；奖杯；梣；白蜡树；古英语如尼文字字母F
• dust : n.灰尘；尘土；尘埃；除尘；掸尘；揩灰；粉；粉尘；尘雾；肉体
• powder : n.粉；粉末；粉末雪；扑面香粉；香粉；药粉；火药（GUNPOWDER的简称）
• lime : n.石灰；生石灰；氧化钙；酸橙；酸橙树；明快的浅绿色；酸橙绿色；椴树；非正式社交聚会
• grey : adj.灰色的；阴沉的；平淡无奇的；无明显特征的；单调乏味的；不在官方统计数字之内的；民族杂居区的；黑人白人杂居区的
• disheartened : adj.沮丧的；灰心的
• discouraged : vt.使气馁；阻碍；劝阻；使沮丧；（discourage的过去式）

Form words with "灰"

苏打灰 soda ash

葡萄灰 light greyish pink

灰泥板 plasterboard

麻刀灰 staff

石板灰 slate grey

蹭一脸灰 smear one's face with dirt

和沙子灰 prepare mortar

Example phrases using "灰"

• 他戴上那顶灰不溜丢的帽子挺滑稽的。

  He looks rather funny with that greyish cap on.

• 墙面太光，抹的灰站不住。

  The surface of the wall is too smooth to hold the plaster.

• 铅灰的天空飘着雪花。

  Snowflakes are falling from the leaden sky.

• 这个框架得支撑两层石膏灰泥板。

  The framework has to support two thicknesses of plasterboard.

• 很难理解熔岩是如何变成灰的。

  It is difficult to understand how lava could have been reduced to dust.

• 外墙将抹上底灰，贴上瓷砖。

  External walls will be rendered and tiled.

• 灰松鼠无法健康成长的地区。

  Areas where grey squirrels cannot prosper.

• 一小块古罗马时期的彩绘灰泥墙已修复。

  A small area of painted Roman plaster has been reconstructed.

• 两个整洁的小男孩，各人穿着一身灰法兰绒衣服。

  Two trig little boys, each in a gray flannel suit.

• 那个灰头发上了年纪的人是铜匠.

  The elderly grey - haired man is a coppersmith by trade.