huǐ = hu + ei3
to destroy / to damage / to ruin / to defame / to slander
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huǐ = hu + ei3
to destroy; to ruin / to defame; to slander
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How to pronounce 毀

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= hu initial

Hu is for Helga Horse.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago
+ ei3 final

In the Eiffel Tower’s living room.

By Matthias • updated 4 months ago

毀 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
jiù = ji + ou4
mortar
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= tu + Ø3
Tu (ethnic group) / surname Tu
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= tu + Ø3
earth / dust / clay / local / indigenous / crude opium / unsophisticated / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]
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shū = shu + Ø1
surname Shu
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shū = shu + Ø1
bamboo or wooden spear / Kangxi radical 79, occurring in 段[duan4], 毅[yi4], 殺|杀[sha1] etc
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Characters with 毀 as component

huǐ = hu + ei3
variant of 毀|毁[hui3] / to destroy by fire / a blaze
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huǐ = hu + ei3
variant of 毀|毁[hui3] / to defame / to slander
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huǐ = hu + ei3
to destroy by fire
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Words with 毀

(of an airplane etc) to fall to the ground and crash

Sentences with 毀

毀 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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