刷

shuā · shua/shuà · shua

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

Meaning

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shuā 刷

  1. a brush
  2. to paint; to daub
  3. to brush; to scrub
  4. (fig.) to remove; to eliminate (from a contest); to fire (from a job)
  5. (onom.) swish; rustle
  6. to swipe (a card)
  7. to scroll on (a phone)

shuà 刷

  1. to select

In a sentence

2 examples
01

这(zhè)台(tái)公(gōng)共(gòng)电(diàn)话(huà)可(kě)以(yǐ)刷(shuā)信(xìn)用(yòng)卡(kǎ)吗(ma) ?

Can I make a credit card call on this public phone?

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

02

杰(jié)克(kè)刷(shuā)去(qù)了(le)他(tā)外(wài)套(tào)上(shàng)的(de)灰(huī)尘(chén)。

Jack brushed the dust off his coat.

Tatoeba: Chinese by Martha · English by CN · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

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Definitions adapted from CC-CEDICT, published by MDBG and its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0. Pinyin display and entry grouping have been adapted.

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