xiě

to write

verb HSK 3.0 · Band 1 trad. 寫

Watch it being written

Every character draws itself, stroke by stroke. Then grab the brush: trace it yourself and hear the word when you finish.

Build with these blocks

Chinese words snap together like bricks. Every word below shares a character with this one, so you are already halfway to knowing it.

  • 填写tiánxiěto fill in a formB4
  • 写作xiězuòto writeB5
  • 编写biānxiěto compileB6
  • 描写miáoxiěto describeB6
  • 书写shūxiěto writeB6
  • 写照xiězhàoportrayalB7
  • 撰写zhuànxiěto writeB7

See it in sentences

他写了一本书。

He wrote a book.

我在写汉字。

I am writing Chinese characters.