Chinese word dictionary

写死

xiě sǐ · to hard code (computing)

Practice word

Word information

Simplified写死

Traditional寫死

Pinyinxiě sǐ

Part of speechDictionary

HSK 3.0Not listed

HSK 2.0Not listed

Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

写xiě

to write

死sǐ

dead; death; impassable, inflexible

How to learn 写死

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

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Related vocabulary

Words with the same characters

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写xiě

to write

死sǐ

to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid; extremely; damned

填写tiánxiě

to fill in a form; to write data in a box (on a questionnaire or web form)

写作xiězuò

to write; to compose; writing; written works

编写biānxiě

to compile

描写miáoxiě

to describe; to depict; to portray; depiction; portrayal