垂 chuí
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 土 — soil, earth
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
垂
chuí
to hang down; to droop
Character
Example phrases
- 雨后的柳枝垂在湖面上，像一排被打湿的绿色帘子。 Yǔ hòu de liǔzhī chuí zài húmiàn shang, xiàng yì pái bèi dǎ shī de lǜsè liánzi. After the rain, the willow branches hung over the lake surface like a row of wet green curtains.
- 她低着头，长长的头发垂在肩上。 Tā dī zhe tóu, chángcháng de tóufa chuí zài jiān shang. She lowered her head, her long hair hanging over her shoulders.
- 稻穗成熟了，弯弯地垂向地面。 Dàosuì chéngshú le, wānwān de chuí xiàng dìmiàn. The rice ears are ripe and bend down toward the ground.
Related words
- 垂直 chuízhí to be vertical
- 垂头丧气 chuítóusàngqì downcast; dejected; crestfallen
- 错位 cuòwèi to be misplaced; to be out of alignment; dislocation
- 矗立 chùlì to stand tall; to tower
- 定向 dìngxiàng targeted; directional; to orient towards
- 边远 biānyuǎn remote; far-flung
- 方圆 fāngyuán circumference; within a radius; surrounding area
- 遍布 biànbù to spread all over; to be found everywhere
- 隔离 gélí to isolate; to separate; to quarantine
- 堵塞 dǔsè to block; to obstruct; blockage
- 积 jī to accumulate; to store up
- 底层 dǐcéng lowest level; grassroots; underlying layer