粹 (cuì): pure, unmixed, essence
粹 (cuì) is a Chinese character meaning “pure.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 米 (semantic) and 卒 (phonetic). It ranks #1720 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 粹 grain. Its radical form 米 (rice) appears in many related characters such as 米 (mǐ, uncooked rice), 类 (lèi, kind), 精 (jīng, essence).
Definitions
- pure
- unmixed
- essence
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 纯粹 | chún cuì | pure |
| 纳粹 | nà cuì | Nazi (loanword) |
| 国粹 | guó cuì | national essence |
| 精粹 | jīng cuì | succinct |
| 民粹主义 | mín cuì zhǔ yì | populism |
| 纳粹分子 | nà cuì fèn zǐ | Nazi |
| 纳粹主义 | nà cuì zhǔ yì | Nazism |
| 纳粹德国 | nà cuì dé guó | Nazi Germany (1933-1945) |
| 纯粹数学 | chún cuì shù xué | pure mathematics |
| 民粹派 | mín cuì pài | the Narodniks, Russian populist group in the 19th century |
| 纳粹党 | nà cuì dǎng | Nazi Party |
粹 appears in 11 compound words: 0 as the first character, 36 as the last, and 64 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 粹 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (2)
Example Sentences
粹字在不同的语境中有不同的用法。
cuì zì zài bù tóng de yǔ jìng zhōng yǒu bù tóng de yòng fǎ .
The character "粹" has different usages in different contexts.
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yì dà lì mín cuì chuàng shǐ rén wēng bèi tuō bó xī shì shì xiǎng nián 8 4 suì céng sù . . .
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...板 Paper Pure 曝光,主打“纯粹书写”
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lǐ jiā chéng dà chè tuì : yī wèi chún cuì shāng rén de quán qiú gào bié F X 1 6 8
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ōu lián huáng jiā mǎ dé lǐ zhǔ chǎng qiú mí shè nà cuì dòng zuò chèn sài qián bèi bǎo ān gǎn zǒu
Real Madrid's home fans were involved in Nazi actions and said they were driven away by security before the game
伊隆·马斯克是纳粹分子。
Yīlóng Mǎsīkè shì nàcuì fēnzǐ.
Elon Musk is a Nazi.
我去那个派对纯粹是为了交际。
Wǒqù nàge pàiduì chúncuì shì wèile jiāojì.
I attended the party just to be sociable.
我纯粹只是喜欢交朋友。
Wǒ chúncuì zhǐshì xǐhuan jiāopéngyou.
I really just want to make friends.
这里全都是语法纳粹党人。
Zhèlǐ quándōu shì yǔfǎ Nàcuìdǎng rén.
It's all grammar nazis up in here.
Character Family
Frequently Asked Questions
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