写 xiě▶ escribir

Stroke order

写 is written in 5 strokes.

• 写

Example sentences

• 他在写字。Tā zài xiě zì.He is writing characters.
• 我会写我的名字。Wǒ huì xiě wǒ de míngzi.I can write my name.

Related words

• 写作escritura
• 描写describir

写 is pronounced xiě and means “escribir”. It belongs to the HSK 1 vocabulary, one of the six bands of the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, China’s official Chinese proficiency exam. Recognising 写 on a page and producing it in conversation are different skills, and only the second holds up when someone is waiting for an answer — so LexiTrail brings it back just as your memory of it starts to fade, not on a fixed weekly rota.