Chinese word dictionary

曝晒

pù shài · to expose to strong sunlight

Practice word

Word information

Simplified曝晒

Traditional曝曬

Pinyinpù shài

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.

曝pù

to air out, to expose to sunlight; to reveal

晒shài

to dry in the sun; to expose to the sun

How to learn 曝晒

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Words with the same characters

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晒shài

(of the sun) to shine on; to bask in (the sunshine); to dry (clothes, grain etc) in the sun; (fig.) to expose and share (one's experiences and thoughts) on the Web (loanword from "share"); (coll.) to give the cold shoulder to; variant of 曬|晒[shai4]

曝光bàoguāng

to expose (photography); (fig.) to expose (a scandal); (advertising) exposure; Taiwan pr. [pu4 guang1]