摧
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cuī · to destroy, to wreck

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14Total strokes

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Left-rightCharacter structure

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Vocabulary in context

Common words with 摧

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Example sentences

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Wǒ cuī huǐ le suǒ yǒu de zhèng jù.我摧毁了所有的证据。

I destroyed all the evidence.

Source: Tatoeba #4405712 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Nǐ xiǎng chéngwéi zì yóu jiù cuī huǐ nǐ de diàn shì.你想成为自由就摧毁你的电视。

If you want to be free, destroy your television set.

Source: Tatoeba #1030674 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Zhè zuò chéng shì zài zhàn zhēng zhōng bèi cuī huǐ.这座城市在战争中被摧毁。

This city was destroyed in the war.

Source: Tatoeba #10687733 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Xiǎo zhèn bèi bào fēng yǔ hòu de hóng shuǐ cuī huǐ le.小镇被暴风雨后的洪水摧毁了。

The town was destroyed by the flood after the storm.

Source: Tatoeba #336645 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wú shùcì de shī bài cuī huǐ le tā de xióng xīn zhuàng zhì.无数次的失败摧毁了他的雄心壮志。

His ambition was blasted by these repeated failures.

Source: Tatoeba #2395011 · CC BY 2.0 FR
È mó cuī huǐ le guǎng dǎo hé cháng qí.恶魔摧毁了广岛和长崎。

The devil destroyed Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Source: Tatoeba #336722 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Turn reference into recall

How to study 摧 in context

  1. Say cuī, then recall the core meaning: to destroy, to wreck.
  2. Write all 14 strokes while keeping the left-right balanced.
  3. Use it in 摧残 (cuī cán), meaning “to ravage”.
  4. Read the complete sentence aloud once, then cover the translation and explain how 摧 works in that context.

Definitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.