挥 (huī) means Wave (wipe away - scatter). Below are 15 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
她 挥 去了脸上的汗。
Tā huī qù le liǎn shàng de hàn.
She wiped the sweat from her face.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 挥
他指 挥 大家搬东西。
Tā zhǐhuī dàjiā bān dōngxi.
He directed everyone in moving things.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 指挥
乐队的指 挥 很有名。
Yuèduì de zhǐhuī hěn yǒumíng.
The orchestra's conductor is famous.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 指挥
时间也不能随意 挥 霍。
Shíjiān yě bù néng suíyì huīhuò.
Time too must not be squandered at will.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 挥霍
警察正在路口指 挥 交通。
Jǐngchá zhèngzài lùkǒu zhǐhuī jiāotōng.
A police officer is directing traffic at the crossroads.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 警察
他在比赛中发 挥 得很好。
Tā zài bǐsài zhōng fāhuī de hěn hǎo.
He performed well in the competition.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 发挥
希望你发 挥 自己的特长。
Xīwàng nǐ fāhuī zìjǐ de tècháng.
I hope you make full use of your strengths.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 发挥
这位将军指 挥 过许多战役。
Zhè wèi jiāngjūn zhǐhuī guo xǔduō zhànyì.
This general commanded many campaigns.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 将军
他过于紧张，反而发 挥 失常。
Tā guòyú jǐnzhāng, fǎn'ér fāhuī shīcháng.
He was so nervous that he actually performed below his level.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 过于
他 挥 了 挥 拳头，像是在示威。
Tā huī le huī quántou, xiàng shì zài shìwēi.
He shook his fist as if making a show of force.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 示威
每个人都应该发 挥 自己的专长。
Měi ge rén dōu yīnggāi fāhuī zìjǐ de zhuāncháng.
Everyone should make use of their own special skills.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 专长
这次项目让他的才干得到了发 挥 。
Zhè cì xiàngmù ràng tā de cáigàn dédào le fāhuī.
This project gave his abilities room to show.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 才干
他大肆 挥 霍，很快就把钱花光了。
Tā dàsì huīhuò, hěn kuài jiù bǎ qián huā guāng le.
He squandered money recklessly and soon had none left.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 大肆
他 挥 霍掉了父母留下的全部积蓄。
Tā huīhuò diào le fùmǔ liúxià de quánbù jīxù.
He squandered all the savings his parents left him.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 挥霍
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Words that contain 挥
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Questions about 挥
How is 挥 used in a sentence?
This page shows 15 sentences using 挥 (huī, "Wave (wipe away - scatter)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 挥 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 挥 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Is 挥 an HSK word?
Yes — 挥 is on the official HSK 5 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 5 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 挥?
The dictionary page for 挥 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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