灰
huī HSK5

ashes

灰 huī
ash noun
ash or dust

壁炉底部的灰堆得很高，需要清理一下。

bì​lú dǐ​bù de huī duī de hěn gāo, xū​yào qīng​lǐ yī​xià.

Ash has piled up high at the bottom of the fireplace and needs to be cleaned up.

discouraged adjective
discouraged, dejected, or disheartened

由于生意连续亏损，他感到心灰意冷，想关门了。

yóu​yú shēng​yi lián​xù kuī​sǔn, tā gǎn​dào xīn huī yì​lěng, xiǎng guān​mén le.

Due to continuous losses in his business, he felt discouraged and wanted to close down.

gray adjective
the color gray

这件灰毛衣是他最喜欢的。

zhè jiàn huī máo​yī shì tā zuì xǐ​huan de.

This grey sweater is his favorite.

lime noun
lime used in construction or building materials

他在水桶里搅拌了一些灰，准备粉刷墙面。

tā zài shuǐ​tǒng lǐ jiǎo​bàn le yī​xiē huī, zhǔn​bèi fěn​shuā qiáng​miàn.

He mixed some lime in the bucket, preparing to paint the walls.

Frequency
Character
Written text
1,311th most common 94.6 per million
Movie subtitles
1,468th most common 45.7 per million appears in 20% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
19.7 per million appears in 6% of films
Written text
49.1 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 5
HSK 3.0
Level 5
Strokes
6
Unicode
U+7070

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)