印刷
Old HSK 5
印刷 (yìnshuā) · printing
印刷 (yìnshuā) means “printing; to print”. It is written with 2 characters: 印 (print) + 刷 (to brush). It is an old HSK 5 word (HSK 2.0).
How 印刷 is built
The characters
印 yìn · print
What 印 is made of
- 卩jié — seal
- 丨 — vertical stroke
Origin hint: A hand 爪 stamping a seal 卩 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
刷 shuā · to brush
What 刷 is made of
- 尸shī — body
- 丿 — falling stroke
- 巾jīn — cloth
- 冂 — frame
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 冂 — frame
- 刂dāo — knife
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 亅 — hook
Origin hint: A person bent over 尸 with a towel 巾 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
这本书印刷得很好。Zhè běn shū yìnshuā de hěn hǎo.This book is well printed.
请把文件印刷二十份。Qǐng bǎ wénjiàn yìnshuā èrshí fèn.Please print twenty copies of the document.
Questions about 印刷
What does 印刷 mean?
印刷 (yìnshuā) means “printing; to print”.
How do you pronounce 印刷?
印刷 is pronounced yìnshuā.
Which HSK level is 印刷?
印刷 is in Old HSK 5.
Related words
- 打印dǎyìnto print
- 复印fùyìnto photocopy
- 印象yìnxiàngimpression
- 打印机dǎyìnjīprinter
- 刷牙shuāyáto brush one's teeth
- 刷子shuāzibrush
- 牙刷yáshuātoothbrush
- 刷shuāto brush
Learn 印刷 with its group
It is part of Old HSK 5 · Group 113: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.