垂 - chuí - Chinese character definition, English meaning and stroke order

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垂

chuí

Definition

to hang (down)
droop
dangle
bend down
hand down
bequeath
nearly
almost
to approach

Character Decomposition

Compounds (11)

睡

shuì

to lay (down); to sleep; to lie (down)

锤

chuí

hammer; to hammer into shape; weight (e.g. of a steelyard or balance)

捶

chuí

to beat with the fist; to hammer; to cudgel

saliva; to spit

to flog; whip

solid earth

frontier

vase with a small mouth

a mountain peak

iodide; to weight

callus on the hand or foot; upper leg bone of horse or bird; buttocks

Related words (41)

to hang down

pituitary gland

close to death; life-threatening (illness)

gradually; to drop

canopy

drape effect (fashion)

垂挂

chuí guà

to hang down; suspended

垂柳

chuí liǔ

weeping willow (Salix babylonica)

dying

to shed tears

to shed tears

to water at the mouth; to drool

垂直

chuí zhí

perpendicular; vertical

approaching old age

angling

to show appreciation for sb; to look upon sb with favor

垂髫

chuí tiáo

falling hair of a child; (fig.) child

weeping willow

vertical line

vertical shaft; (math.) vertical axis

垂悬分词

chuí xuán fēn cí

hanging participle (error of grammar in English)

垂暮之年

chuí mù zhī nián

old age

垂直起落飞机

chuí zhí qǐ luò fēi jī

vertical take-off and landing aircraft

垂直和短距起落飞机

chuí zhí hé duǎn jù qǐ luò fēi jī

vertical or short take-off and landing aircraft

下垂

xià chuí

to droop; to sag; to hang down; sagging; drooping; prolapse (medicine)

低垂

dī chuí

to droop; to hang low

overhang

(of clothes, hair etc) to hang down and cover; to flow down

earlobe

prolapse

uvula (biology)

gastroptosis

pituitary gland

pituitary gland

plumbline

darkness fell (falls, had fallen etc)

永垂不朽

yǒng chuí bù xiǔ

eternal glory; will never be forgotten

肉垂麦鸡

ròu chuí mài jī

(bird species of China) red-wattled lapwing (Vanellus indicus)

脑下垂体

nǎo xià chuí tǐ

pituitary glands (at the base of the skull)

馋涎欲垂

chán xián yù chuí

see 馋涎欲滴

母子垂直感染

mǔ zǐ chuí zhí gǎn rǎn

mother-to-infant transmission

Idioms (10)

垂头丧气

chuí tóu sàng qì

hanging one's head dispiritedly (idiom); dejected; crestfallen

垂帘听政

chuí lián tīng zhèng

(lit.) to govern from behind the curtain; to rule in place of the emperor (idiom)

垂死挣扎

chuí sǐ zhēng zhá

deathbed struggle; final struggle (idiom)

垂涎三尺

chuí xián sān chǐ

to drool (over) (idiom); to yearn for; to covet; to crave

垂涎欲滴

chuí xián yù dī

to drool with desire (idiom); to envy; to hunger for

功败垂成

gōng bài chuí chéng

to fail within sight of success (idiom); last-minute failure; to fall at the last hurdle; snatching defeat from the jaws of victory

名垂青史

míng chuí qīng shǐ

(lit.) reputation will go down in history (idiom); fig. achievements will earn eternal glory

坐不垂堂

zuò bù chuí táng

(lit.) don't sit under overhanging eaves (idiom); fig. don't stay in danger area

染指垂涎

rǎn zhǐ chuí xián

(lit.) dirty finger, mouth watering (idiom); fig. greedy to seize sth

秀发垂肩

xiù fà chuí jiān

beautiful shoulder length hair (idiom)

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