xiù
Pinyin

Definition

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xiù
  1. variant of 銹|锈, to corrode
  2. to rust

Character Decomposition

Sample Sentences

你懂什么?铁锅容易生锈。
nǐ dǒng shénme ?tiě guō róngyì shēngxiù 。
What do you know? It's easy for an iron wok to rust.
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好吧,那就买不锈钢的吧。
hǎoba ,nā jiù mǎi bùxiùgāng de ba 。
Okay, then let's buy a stainless steel one.
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哎,我觉得新天地这种利用上海的老式石库门建筑来构造的娱乐场所,虽然很有特色,但却少了石库门作为一种民居而包含的人文情怀。不过那些斑驳的墙,生锈的栅栏,黑漆的木门,磨去油漆的石柱,凹凸不平的路面,还是能让人体会到一些石库门弄堂的沧桑的。
āi ,wǒ juéde Xīntiāndì zhèzhǒng lìyòng Shànghǎi de lǎoshì shíkùmén jiànzhù lái gòuzào de yúlè chǎngsuǒ ,suīrán hěnyǒu tèsè ,dàn què shǎo le shíkùmén zuòwéi yīzhǒng mínjū ér bāohán de rénwén qínghuái 。bùguò nàxiē bānbó de qiáng ,shēngxiù de zhàlan ,hēiqī de mùmén ,mó qù yóuqī de shízhù ,āotūbùpíng de lùmiàn ,háishì néng ràng rén tǐhuì dào yīxiē shíkùmén lòngtáng de cāngsāng de 。
Oh, I think that though it's very distinctive, architecture like Xin Tian Di that uses old-style shikumen to create entertainment venues loses some of the spirit of humanity that comes from having people living in a place. But those mottled walls, rusty railings, black-lacquered wooden doors, black-painted stone pillars and uneven roads still give you a sense of the big changes in the shikumen.