HSK 5 · Objects

灰尘 huīchén “dust” in Chinese

Traditional 灰塵

What 灰尘 means

  1. dust

How to say 灰尘

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale灰huī1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale尘chén2nd tone, rising

灰尘 in a sentence

  1. 把架子上的灰尘擦一下。

    Bǎ jiàzi shàng de huīchén cā yíxià.

    Wipe the dust off the shelf.

    Sentence #400338 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 你可能对花粉或灰尘过敏。

    Nǐ kěnéng duì huāfěn huò huīchén guòmǐn.

    You may be allergic to pollen or dust.

    Sentence #5967315 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 他的房间布满了灰尘。

    Tā de fángjiān bùmǎn le huīchén.

    His room was covered with dust.

    Sentence #848211 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

How 灰尘 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 灰 (huī) drawn as one shape
灰huīash

灰 is a single shape of 6 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

The character 尘 (chén) with each of its parts in a different colour
尘chéndust
  • 小small · xiǎo
  • 土earth · tǔ

How to write 灰尘

灰 6 strokes · 尘 6 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

灰尘 (huīchén) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 灰尘 (huīchén). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 灰尘

Words with 灰

灰huī · grey灰心huīxīn · to lose heart

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FAQs

灰尘 (huīchén) means “dust”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it huīchén: huī with a 1st tone, then chén with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 灰尘 is written 灰塵. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type huichen with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 灰尘 from the suggestions. Typing huichen into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
灰尘 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.