刷
shuā HSK4

brush

刷 shuā
to brush verb
To clean, scrub, or remove dirt with a brush; to brush one's teeth; to clear or wash away a reputation or grievance.

不要刷牙太用力。

bù​yào shuā yá tài yòng lì.

Do not brush your teeth too hard.

brush noun
(bound form) a brush, specifically as a noun

不干净的化妆刷会把细菌传播到脸上。

bù gān​jìng de huà​zhuāng shuā huì bǎ xì​jūn chuán​bō dào liǎn shang.

Dirty makeup brushes can spread bacteria onto your face.

to paint verb
To apply, daub, or smear a substance such as paint, paste, or grease onto a surface.

他把他的自行车刷成红色。

tā bǎ tā de zì​xíng​chē shuā chéng hóng​sè.

He painted his bicycle red.

to swipe verb
(modern) To swipe a card, such as a credit or ID card; to scroll through or refresh digital content on a screen.
swish adverb
Describes the sound of a quick movement or rustling

玉米叶子被风吹得刷刷响。

yù​mǐ yè​zi bèi fēng chuī de shuā shuā xiǎng.

The corn leaves rustled in the wind.

to eliminate
To remove, reject, or eliminate someone from a group, competition, or job; to fire from a position.
to skip class
To skip or cut class, especially of students
to select
(bound form) to pick out or select
suddenly pale
(of a complexion) to turn suddenly pale, as in 刷白 shuā​bái

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Classifier

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
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)