蜕 (tuì): skin cast off during molting, exuvia, to pupate
蜕 (tuì) is a Chinese character meaning “skin cast off during molting.” Outside the HSK 3.0 syllabus (CLEC 2022), it is composed of 虫 (structural) and 兑 (structural). It ranks #3553 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 蜕 an insect 虫 changing 兑 its skin; 兑 also provides the pronunciation. Its radical form 虫 (insect) appears in many related characters such as 虫 (chóng, insect), 蛇 (shé, snake), 蛋 (dàn, egg).
Definitions
- skin cast off during molting
- exuvia
- to pupate
Etymology & Origin
ideographicAn insect 虫 changing 兑 its skin; 兑 also provides the pronunciation
Decomposition: ⿰虫兑 (layout: left-right)
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 蜕变 | tuì biàn | to transform |
| 蜕皮 | tuì pí | skin cast off during molting |
| 蜕化变质 | tuì huà biàn zhì | (idiom) to degenerate (morally) |
| 蜕化 | tuì huà | (of insects) to undergo metamorphosis |
| 遗蜕 | yí tuì | to shed skin |
| 蜕壳 | tuì ké | to exuviate |
| 蝉蜕 | chán tuì | cicada slough |
蜕 appears in 7 compound words: 71 as the first character, 29 as the last, and 0 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Example Sentences
战火与离乱使这个平凡女人一步步蜕变为守望家园的抗联女战士。
zhàn huǒ yǔ lí luàn shǐ zhè gè píng fán nǚ rén yī bù bù tuì biàn wéi shǒu wàng jiā yuán de kàng lián nǚ zhàn shì .
Amid the ravages of war and upheaval, this ordinary woman gradually transformed into a female Anti-Japanese United Army soldier who stood guard over her homeland.
诸多政策让大众的表达不再是自娱自乐,民间灵感更有机会蜕变为优质公共文化产品。
zhū duō zhèng cè ràng dà zhòng de biǎo dá bù zài shì zì yú zì lè , mín jiān líng gǎn gèng yǒu jī huì tuì biàn wéi yōu zhì gōng gòng wén huà chǎn pǐn .
Thanks to a variety of policies, public expression is no longer merely a form of self-entertainment; grassroots creativity now has greater opportunities to evolve into high-quality public cultural products.
计算机 70 年历史,从一间房蜕变成家用电器甚至演化成每个人的囊中之物。
jì suàn jī 7 0 nián lì shǐ , cóng yī jiān fáng tuì biàn chéng jiā yòng diàn qì shèn zhì yǎn huà chéng měi gè rén de náng zhōng zhī wù .
Over the course of its 70-year history, the computer has evolved from a machine that filled an entire room to a household appliance—and has even become something everyone can afford.
自2005年丁俊晖在中国公开赛摘得生涯首个排名赛冠军后,斯诺克运动在中国迎来蜕变。
zì 2 0 0 5 nián dīng jùn huī zài zhōng guó gōng kāi sài zhāi dé shēng yá shǒu gè pái míng sài guàn jūn hòu , sī nuò kè yùn dòng zài zhōng guó yíng lái tuì biàn .
Since Ding Junhui won his first ranking title at the 2005 China Open, the sport of snooker has undergone a transformation in China.
记者 何浠 摄 从居家熬夜,到出门运动解压,成都年轻人的夜间生活方式实现正向蜕变。
jì zhě hé 浠 shè cóng jū jiā áo yè , dào chū mén yùn dòng jiě yā , chéng dōu nián qīng rén de yè jiān shēng huó fāng shì shí xiàn zhèng xiàng tuì biàn .
Photo by He Xi. From staying up late at home to going out to exercise and relieve stress, the nightlife of Chengdu’s young people has undergone a positive transformation.
Character Family
虫 Radical Family — Characters sharing the insect radical
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