Dictionary🇨🇳 Chinese → 🇺🇸 English
刷
shuā
Description
“刷”这个字有很多意思，可以是刷牙的刷，也可以是刷手机、刷卡的意思。
The character "刷" has many meanings; it can mean brushing teeth or actions like swiping on a phone or swiping a card.
现在很多年轻人喜欢一直刷手机看视频。
Nowadays, many young people like to keep swiping on their phones to watch videos.
Meanings
刷shuā
to brush; to scrub
我每天早上都刷牙。
I brush my teeth every morning.
刷手机shuā shǒujī
to scroll through a phone; browse
他晚上喜欢刷手机。
He likes to scroll on his phone at night.
刷卡shuākǎ
to swipe a card (to pay)
我可以刷卡吗？
Can I pay by card?
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Notes
- Nuance
刷 originally means physical brushing, but is now common for phone-scrolling and card-swiping.
- Etymology
pictophonetic, with 刂 (knife) and 刷 relating to scraping/wiping motion.
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