The Chinese word for dust is
灰
huī
Translations for dust and their definitions
| 灰 | |
| 1. ash | |
| 煙灰 - cigarette ash | |
| 2. dust | |
| 電腦 屏幕 上 有 一 層 灰。 - There's a layer of dust on the computer screen. | |
| 他 吹 乾gān淨 這 本 書 上 的 灰。 - He blew the dust off the book. | |
| 3. lime; mortar | |
| 灰泥 - plaster; mortar | |
| 石灰 - lime | |
| 灰岩 - limestone | |
| 4. gray | |
| 灰色 - gray (color) | |
| 5. disheartened | |
| 心灰意冷 - to be disheartened | |
| 佢 成seng4 個 人 灰 咗。 - | |
| 6. (telegraphy) the tenth day of a month | |
| 7. (Cantonese, slang) powdered drug; heroin | |
| 8. Variant of 烌 | |
| 9. Used in 灰士 |
| 打掃 | |
| 1. v. to sweep; to clean up; to tidy up | |
| 打掃 房間 - to clean a room |
| 灰塵 | |
| 1. n. dust | |
| 放射性 灰塵 - radioactive dust - |
| 打扫 | |
| 1. Simplified form of 打掃 |
| 灰尘 | |
| 1. Simplified form of 灰塵 |
| 塵土 | |
| 1. n. dust |
| 尘土 | |
| 1. Simplified form of 塵土 |
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