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垂

chuí · chui

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

HSK 7–9

Meaning

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  1. to hang (down)
  2. droop
  3. dangle
  4. bend down
  5. hand down
  6. bequeath
  7. nearly
  8. almost
  9. to approach
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The drooping head

  1. Dengdeng

    亮亮(liàngliàng)，你(nǐ)看(kàn)，那(nà)棵(kē)树(shù)的(de)树枝(shùzhī)都(dōu)垂(chuí)下来(xiàlai)了(le)。

    Liangliang, look, all the branches of that tree are hanging down.

  2. Liangliang

    那(nà)是(shì)柳树(liǔshù)，树枝(shùzhī)本来(běnlái)就(jiù)是(shì)垂(chuí)着(zhe)的(de)。

    That's a willow. Its branches always hang down.

  3. Dengdeng

    它们(tāmen)为什么(wèishénme)垂(chuí)着(zhe)？是不是(shìbùshì)没(méi)精神(jīngshén)？

    Why do they hang down? Are they low on energy?

  4. Liangliang

    不是(bùshì)，柳树(liǔshù)的(de)树枝(shùzhī)就(jiù)爱(ài)垂(chuí)着(zhe)。

    No, willow branches just love to hang down.

  5. Dengdeng

    我(wǒ)今天(jīntiān)也(yě)没(méi)精神(jīngshén)，头(tóu)垂(chuí)得(de)很(hěn)低(dī)。

    I have no energy today either. My head is hanging very low.

  6. Liangliang

    你(nǐ)不是(bùshì)没(méi)精神(jīngshén)，你(nǐ)是(shì)在(zài)看(kàn)手机(shǒujī)。

    You're not tired, you're looking at your phone.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

她(tā)把(bǎ)头(tóu)垂(chuí)在(zài)她(tā)母(mǔ)亲(qīn)的(de)肩(jiān)上(shàng)。

She rested her head on her mother's shoulder.

Tatoeba: Chinese by verdastelo9604 · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

柳(liǔ)枝(zhī)垂(chuí)在(zài)河(hé)面(miàn)上(shàng)，随(suí)风(fēng)轻(qīng)轻(qīng)摆(bǎi)动(dòng)。

Willow branches hang over the river surface, swaying gently in the wind.

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