粹

cuì

pure

unmixed; essence

grain (米) + phonetic (卒) = pure, unmixed essence

米 anchors the meaning: grain sorted to its finest, with nothing foreign mixed in. 卒 mainly contributes the sound cuì and does not carry the meaning here.

米+卒→粹
卒SoldierPhonetic
米RiceSemantic

这瓶酒是纯粹用粮食酿成的。

zhè píng jiǔ shì chún cuì yòng liáng shi niàng chéng de。

This bottle of liquor is made purely from grain.

他说的话纯粹是借口,没有任何道理。

tā shuō de huà chún cuì shì jiè kǒu,méi yǒu rèn hé dào lǐ。

What he said is purely an excuse and makes no sense at all.

Words with 粹

纳粹党

nà cuì dǎng

Nazi Party

纯粹

chún cuì

pure

纳粹

nà cuì

Nazi (loanword)

国粹

guó cuì

national essence

民粹主义

mín cuì zhǔ yì

populism

民粹派

mín cuì pài

the Narodniks, Russian populist group in the 19th century

精粹

jīng cuì

succinct

纳粹主义

nà cuì zhǔ yì

Nazism

纳粹分子

nà cuì fèn zǐ

Nazi

纳粹德国

nà cuì dé guó

Nazi Germany (1933-1945)

纯粹数学

chún cuì shù xué

pure mathematics

More characters with 米

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