Dust in Chinese
dust · HSK 6
灰尘
- 灰 ash
- 尘 dust
书架上落满了灰尘。 The bookshelf is covered in dust.
Other ways to say dust
More words with 灰 or 尘
How do you say dust in Chinese?
Dust in Chinese is 灰尘 (huī chén). You can also say 末 (mò), 灰 (huī).
Which word should I use?
Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.
Where do these words come from?
Our own dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.
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