HSK 5 · Adjectives

滑 huá “slippery” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 滑 means

  1. slippery
  2. to slide
  3. to slip
  4. smooth
  5. sly
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • not to be trusted

How to say 滑

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale滑huá2nd tone, rising

滑 in a sentence

  1. 小心地滑。

    Xiǎoxīn dì huá.

    Caution: slippery floor.

    Sentence #10635236 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 马路是滑的。

    Mǎlù shì huá de.

    The street is slippery.

    Sentence #836905 from Tatoeba

  3. 滑 can also mean “smooth”

    这条围巾摸起来又软又滑。

    Zhè tiáo wéijīn mō qǐlai yòu ruǎn yòu huá.

    This scarf feels soft and smooth.

    Sentence #359010 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

How 滑 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 滑 (huá) with each of its parts in a different colour
滑huáto slip; to slide
  • 氵water form of 水 · shuǐMeaning part
  • 骨bone · gǔSound part

氵 hints at the meaning (water); 骨 (gǔ) hints at the sound. Compare it with huá.

How to write 滑

滑 12 strokes

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

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

Words related to 滑

Words with 滑

光滑guānghuá · glossy

More words: Adjectives

地道dìdao · authentic干燥gānzào · dry (weather高级gāojí · high level好客hàokè · hospitable宽kuān · wide夸张kuāzhāng · to exaggerate平安píng'ān · safe and sound软ruǎn · soft

FAQs

滑 (huá) means “slippery” or “to slide”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it huá: huá with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 滑 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type hua with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 滑 from the suggestions. Typing hua into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
滑 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.