滑 (huá): to slip, to slide, slippery, smooth, sly, slippery, not to be trusted
滑 (huá) is a Chinese character meaning “to slip.” Classified as HSK Level 5 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 氵 (semantic) and 骨 (phonetic). It ranks #1471 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 滑 water. Its radical form 氵 (water) appears in many related characters such as 水 (shuǐ, water), 汉 (hàn, Han ethnic group), 汽 (qì, steam).
Definitions
- to slip
- to slide
- slippery
- smooth
- sly
- slippery
- not to be trusted
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 滑
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 滑稽adjective | huá jī | comical |
| 滑板noun | huá bǎn | skateboard |
| 光滑adjective | guāng huá | glossy |
| 下滑verb | xià huá | to slide down (a slope etc) |
| 滑头adjective | huá tóu | crafty |
| 润滑油noun | rùn huá yóu | lubricating oil |
| 滑翔verb | huá xiáng | to glide |
| 润滑剂noun | rùn huá jì | lubricant |
| 滑动verb | huá dòng | to slide |
| 圆滑adjective | yuán huá | smooth and evasive |
| 滑铁卢proper-noun | huá tiě lú | Waterloo (Belgium) |
| 滑轮noun | huá lún | block and tackle |
| 滑雪板noun | huá xuě bǎn | ski |
| 润滑verb | rùn huá | smooth |
| 平滑adjective | píng huá | flat and smooth |
滑 appears in 100 compound words: 55 as the first character, 31 as the last, and 14 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 滑 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (3)
Example Sentences
地面很滑，走路时要小心，别摔倒了。
Dìmiàn hěn huá, zǒulù shí yào xiǎoxīn, bié shuāi dǎo le.
The ground is very slippery; be careful when walking and don't fall.
冬奥会|速滑综合:荷兰老将德容四战奥运首夺金
dōng ào huì sù huá zèng gě : hé lán lǎo jiāng dé róng sì zhàn ào yùn shǒu duó jīn
Winter Olympics|Speed skating comprehensive: Dutch veteran De Jong won his first gold medal in four Olympic games
不只是相信“相信的力量”——速滑团体追逐夺牌的背后
bù zhī shì xiāng xìn xiāng xìn de lì liáng sù huá tuán tī zhuī zhú duó pái de bēi hòu
More than just believing in the 'power of believing' - behind speed skating's medal-winning team pursuit
新春跨境消费实现“丝滑”扫码,解锁人民币“走出去”..
xīn chūn kuà jìng xiāo fèi shí xiàn sī huá sǎo mǎ , xiè suǒ rén mín bì zǒu chū qù . .
The New Year's cross-border consumption to realize the "silky smooth" sweep code, unlocking the RMB "go out"...
冬奥会|全天综合:中国速滑再迎突破 中井亚美领跑花..
dōng ào huì quán tiān zèng gě zhōng guó sù huá zài yíng tū pò zhōng jǐng yà měi lǐng pǎo huā . .
Winter Olympics | All-Day Roundup: China's Speed Skating Achieves Another Breakthrough; Nakai Ami Leads in Women's 1500m
苏翊鸣第二滑平稳输出,继续加油!
sū 翊 míng dì èr huá píng wěn shū chū , jì xù jiā yóu !
Su Yiming delivered a steady second run—keep it up!
他们每年冬季去野泽滑雪。
Tāmen měinián dōngjì qù yězé huáxuě.
They go skiing at Nozawa every winter.
汤姆经常去越野滑雪。
Tāngmǔ jīngcháng qù yuèyě huáxuě.
Tom often goes cross-country skiing.
垂直的金发滑过她的肩膀。
Chuízhí de jīnfà huá guo tā de jiānbǎng.
Straight golden hair slides over her shoulder.
我们要去阿尔卑斯山上滑雪。
Wǒmen yào qù ā'ěrbēisī Shānshàng huáxuě.
We are going skiing in the Alps.
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 氵 (water) component
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