刷
shuāshuà HSK4

brush

刷 shuā frequency
brush verb
to brush, scrub, paint, or daub; a brush

他正在刷墙。

tā zhèng​zài shuā qiáng.

He is painting the wall.

grind verb
to farm or grind for experience, levels, or equipment in gaming

他为了升级，在电脑前刷了一整晚副本。

tā wèi​le shēng​jí, zài diàn​nǎo qián shuā le yī zhěng wǎn fù​běn.

He spent the whole night grinding dungeons in front of the computer to level up.

swipe verb
to swipe a card or scroll through digital content on a phone

睡前刷一会儿朋友圈已经成了他的生活习惯。

shuì qián shuā yī​huì​r Péng​you​quān yǐ​jīng chéng le tā de shēng​huó xí​guàn.

Scrolling through his Moments before bed has become a daily habit for him.

swish onomatopoeia
an onomatopoeia for a quick swishing or rustling sound

刷的一声，那辆车飞驰而过。

shuā de yī shēng, nà liàng chē fēi​chí ér guò.

With a whoosh, the car sped past.

eliminate verb
to remove, eliminate from a contest, or fire from a job

他在第一轮面试中被刷掉了。

tā zài dì​yī lún miàn​shì zhōng bèi shuā​diào le.

He was eliminated in the first round of interviews.

刷 shuà
select verb
to select

这次选拔赛非常严格，第一轮就刷掉了一半人。

zhè cì xuǎn​bá​sài fēi​cháng yán​gé, dì​yī lún jiù shuà diào le yī​bàn rén.

The selection process was very strict, and half of the candidates were weeded out in the first round.

Frequency
Character
Written text
1,824th most common 45.3 per million
Movie subtitles
1,749th most common 29.8 per million appears in 14% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
16.4 per million appears in 6% of films
Written text
53.7 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 3
HSK 3.0
Level 4
Strokes
8
Unicode
U+5237

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