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Chinese symbol for “crisp”

酥脆
sū cuì
crisp (of food)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for crisp is 酥脆 (sū cuì), defined as: crisp (of food).

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Characters and stroke order

酥 sū
butter; crispy, flaky; fluffy, light
radical 164 ⾣ · 12 strokes
脆 cuì
fragile, frail; brittle, crisp
radical 130 ⾁ · 10 strokes

Other Chinese words for “crisp”

WordPinyinMeaning
爽shuǎngbright; clear
毳cuìcrisp; brittle
脆cuìbrittle; fragile
清脆qīng cuìsharp and clear; crisp
轻脆 (輕脆)qīng cuìsharp and clear; crisp

Related words

Other words that share a character with 酥脆.

WordPinyinMeaning
酥油sū yóubutter
酥油茶sū yóu chábutter tea (Tibetan, Mongolian etc drink derived from milk)
酥软 (酥軟)sū ruǎnweak (of body or limbs); limp
奶酥nǎi sūbutter biscuit; butter bun
酥麻sū málimp and numb (of limbs)
脆弱cuì ruòweak; frail
干脆 (乾脆)gān cuìcandid; direct and to the point
清脆qīng cuìsharp and clear; crisp

See also: Japanese symbol for “crisp”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.