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印yìnto print
印 is a single shape of 5 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.
刷shuāa brush
尸corpse · shī
巾napkin · jīn
刂knife form of 刀 · dāo
Memory aidPicture a cloth 巾 and a blade 刂 used to scrape and scrub something clean: to brush.
How to write 印刷
印 5 strokes · 刷 8 strokes
Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.
Stroke order chart for 印刷 (yìnshuā). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.
印刷 (yìnshuā) means “to print” or “printing”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it yìnshuā: yìn with a 4th tone, then shuā with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 印刷 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type yinshua with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 印刷 from the suggestions. Typing yinshua into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
印刷 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.
印yìn4th tone, falling
刷shuā1st tone, high and level
