摧 cuī
- Strokes
- 14
- Radical
- 扌 — hand
- Made of
- 扌 hand 崔 high, lofty, towering
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
摧毁
cuīhuǐ
to destroy; to demolish; to wreck
Characters in this word
毁 huǐ
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 殳 — tool, weapon
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 突如其来的洪水几乎摧毁了整座村庄的供电系统。 Tūrúqílái de hóngshuǐ jīhū cuīhuǐ le zhěng zuò cūnzhuāng de gōngdiàn xìtǒng. The sudden flood almost destroyed the power supply system of the entire village.
- 地震摧毁了山下的几座老房子。 Dìzhèn cuīhuǐ le shān xià de jǐ zuò lǎo fángzi. The earthquake destroyed several old houses at the foot of the mountain.
- 一场大火摧毁了他多年的心血。 Yì chǎng dàhuǒ cuīhuǐ le tā duō nián de xīnxuè. A big fire destroyed the fruit of his many years of effort.
Related words
- 摧残 cuīcán to devastate; to ravage; to wreck
- 毁 huǐ to destroy; to ruin
- 毁坏 huǐhuài to damage; to destroy
- 毁灭 huǐmiè to destroy; to annihilate
- 烧毁 shāohuǐ to burn down; to destroy by fire
- 销毁 xiāohuǐ to destroy; to dispose of officially
- 惨重 cǎnzhòng heavy; severe
- 祸害 huòhai scourge; menace; to harm; to ruin
- 刁难 diāonàn to make things difficult for; to obstruct deliberately
- 打倒 dǎdǎo to knock down; to overthrow
- 对峙 duìzhì to confront; to be locked in a standoff
- 搏斗 bódòu to fight; to struggle