灰 — meaning in English
huī
Chinese → English · translate English → Chinese instead
English meaning
- ash noun The gray powdery residue left after something has burned.
- cinder noun A small piece of partly burnt coal, wood, or other material left after combustion.
- drab adj Dull and lacking in colour or interest.
- fallout noun Radioactive dust and debris that settles after a nuclear explosion.
- gray adj Having a color between black and white, like the color of clouds or ash.
- powder noun A dry substance made of fine loose particles.
Senses
灰 is used for these senses in English:
- ash A gray color, similar to that of the remains of a fire.
- cinder Partially or mostly burnt material that results from incomplete combustion of coal or wood etc.; it often rides the rising smoke column into the air, and it can pose a fire hazard when it lands, in dry conditions.
- drab The color of this fabric.
- fallout The event of small airborne particles falling to the ground in significant quantities as a result of major industrial activity, volcano eruption, sandstorm, nuclear explosion, etc.
- gray Of indistinct, disputed or uncertain quality or acceptability.
- powder The fine particles which are the result of reducing a dry substance by pounding, grinding, or triturating, or the result of decay; dust.
ash — full definition
- noun The gray powdery residue left after something has burned.
- noun A hardwood tree of the genus Fraxinus, or its pale, tough timber.
- noun The remains of a cremated body (usually plural, "ashes").