腐
蚀

Corrosion in Chinese: 腐蚀 (fǔ shí)

fǔ shí

corrosion

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 腐蝕1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1corrosion
  2. 2to corrode (degrade chemically)
  3. 3to rot
  4. 4corruption

Stroke order

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腐
蚀

Zhuyin

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ㄈㄨˇ

fǔ

ㄈ/ fㄨ/ uˇ/ third tone

ㄕˊ

shí

ㄕ/ shˊ/ second tone

Simplified & traditional

腐蚀

Simplified

腐蝕

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 海水会慢慢腐蚀船底的金属。

    hǎi shuǐ huì màn màn fǔ shí chuán dǐ de jīn shǔ。

    Seawater slowly corrodes the metal on the bottom of a ship.

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Related words

豆腐

dòu fu

tofu

腐败

fǔ bài

corruption

腐化

fǔ huà

to rot

腐烂

fǔ làn

to rot

腐朽

fǔ xiǔ

rotten

付费

fù fèi

to pay

负面

fù miàn

negative

负有

fù yǒu

to be responsible for

附

fù

to add

附带

fù dài

supplementary

附和

fù hè

to agree

附加

fù jiā

additional

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