褪 (tuì): to take off (clothes), to shed (feathers), (of color) to fade, (fig.) (of emotions, awareness etc) to fade
褪 (tuì) is a Chinese character meaning “to take off (clothes).” Outside the HSK 3.0 syllabus (CLEC 2022), it is composed of 衤 (structural) and 退 (structural). It ranks #3017 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 褪 th take off 退 clothing 衤; 退 also provides the pronunciation. Its radical form 衤 (clothing) appears in many related characters such as 衣 (yī, clothing), 被 (bèi, quilt, by), 装 (zhuāng, dress, install).
Definitions
- to take off (clothes)
- to shed (feathers)
- (of color) to fade
- (fig.) (of emotions, awareness etc) to fade
Etymology & Origin
ideographicTh take off 退 clothing 衤; 退 also provides the pronunciation
Decomposition: ⿰衤退 (layout: left-right)
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 褪色 | tuì sè | (of colors) to fade |
| 褪黑激素 | tuì hēi jī sù | (biochemistry) melatonin |
| 褪下 | tùn xià | to take off (trousers) |
| 褪去 | tuì qù | to take off (one's clothes) |
| 褪套儿 | tùn tào r | (coll.) to break loose |
| 褪黑素 | tuì hēi sù | (biochemistry) melatonin |
| 褪光 | tuì guāng | matte (of a color etc) |
褪 appears in 7 compound words: 100 as the first character, 0 as the last, and 0 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 褪 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Example Sentences
真正的经典,褪色的只会是时间,不会是情感。
zhēn zhèng de jīng diǎn , tuì sè de zhī huì shì shí jiān , bù huì shì qíng gǎn .
A true classic—only time fades, not the emotions it evokes.
向左滑动查看更多内容 这种克制的好处,是照片褪去了算法的塑料感,多了一点现场感。
xiàng zuǒ huá dòng chá kàn gèng duō nèi róng zhè zhǒng kè zhì de hǎo chǔ , shì zhào piàn tuì qù le suàn fǎ de sù liào gǎn , duō le yī diǎn xiàn chǎng gǎn .
Swipe left to see more. The benefit of this restraint is that the photos lose the artificial look created by algorithms and gain a bit more of a sense of being there.
常规赛落下帷幕,赛事暂时进入淘汰赛备战间隙,但席卷东北的足球热潮并未褪去。
cháng guī sài luò xià wéi mù , sài shì zàn shí jìn rù táo tài sài bèi zhàn jiān xì , dàn xí juǎn dōng běi de zú qiú rè cháo bìng wèi tuì qù .
With the regular season coming to a close, the league is currently in a brief hiatus as teams prepare for the playoffs, but the soccer fever sweeping the Northeast shows no signs of abating.
他褪去神仙滤镜,聚焦他们成仙前的凡人岁月,突出“烟火气非常重的一群人”。
tā tuì qù shén xiān lǜ jìng , jù jiāo tā men chéng xiān qián de fán rén suì yuè , tū chū yān huǒ qì fēi cháng chóng de yī qún rén .
He set aside the "immortal" filter and focused on their mortal lives before they became immortals, highlighting "a group of people with a very down-to-earth, everyday vibe."
Character Family
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