xiě

write; draw, sketch; compose

DEFINITIONS

寫 xiě
  • to write

WORDS

輕描淡 qīng miáo dàn xiě to sketch in light shades; to play down; to deemphasize (idiom)
zhuǎn xiě to transliterate; to transcribe; to transfer words onto a surface by direct contact (as with a decal)
sù xiě quick sketch
lián xiě to write without lifting one's pen from the paper; (in the Romanization of Chinese) to write two or more syllables together as a single word (not separated by spaces)
術 yǐn xiě shù steganography
實 fēi xiě shí nonrepresentational
tí xiě to create a work of calligraphy for display in a prominent place (typically, a sign)
首字母縮 shǒu zì mǔ suō xiě acronym
mò xiě to write from memory
著 xiě zhe writing; with something written on it