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shǔ

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shǔ Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
shǔ | shu3
English translation
heat
hot weather
summer heat
hot; heat; summer

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About shǔ

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Number of strokes

12

Traditional form

shǔ

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Time word / 时间词 Shíjiān cí

Learning hint

sun

Etymology of shǔ

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

日者

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

zhě

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and zhě represents the sound.

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Example sentences using shǔ

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老师 lǎoshī jiào men xiě 题为 de 暑假 shǔ jià de 作文 zuòwén .

Our teacher asked us to write essays on " My Summer Holidays ".

这里 zhè lǐ 气候 qìhòu 温和 wēnhé , dōng 严寒 yánhán , Xià 酷暑 kù shǔ .

Here a mild climate, with cold winter and summer without the heat.

Xià 酷暑 kù shǔ , dōng 严寒 yánhán , 四季 sì jì 分明 fēnmíng ,气候 qìhòu 宜人 yí rén .

No summer heat and winter cold - free, four seasons climate.

这里 zhè lǐ dōng 严寒 yánhán , Xià 酷暑 kù shǔ , 雨量 yǔ liàng 充沛 chōngpèi 候温.

No cold here in winter, summer without heat, steam moderate rainfall.

天是 zhǐ 阴晴,昼夜 zhòuyè , shǔ hán , 四季 sì jì 变化 biànhuà .

Weather means day or night, brightness , temperature and seasonal changes.

Words with shǔ

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
暑假 shǔ jià summer vacation暑假 shǔ jià
暑期 shǔ qī summer vacation time暑期 shǔ qī
避暑 bì shǔ to prevent sunstroke避暑 bì shǔ
中暑 zhòng shǔ sunstroke中暑 zhòng shǔ
shǔ heat shǔ
酷暑 kù shǔ intense heat酷暑 kù shǔ
消暑 xiāo shǔ to spend a summer holiday消暑 xiāo shǔ
防暑降温 fáng shǔ jiàng wēn to prevent heatstroke and reduce temperature防暑降溫
暑热 shǔ rè hot (summer) weather暑熱
大暑 Dà shǔ Dashu or Great Heat, 12th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 èr shí sì jié qi 23rd July-6th August大暑 Dà shǔ
避暑山庄 bì shǔ shān zhuāng mountain resort避暑山莊
暑气 shǔ qì (summer) heat暑氣
暑天 shǔ tiān hot (summer) day暑天 shǔ tiān
小暑 Xiǎo shǔ Xiaoshu or Lesser Heat, 11th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 èr shí sì jié qi 7th-22nd July小暑 Xiǎo shǔ
处暑 Chǔ shǔ Chushu or End of Heat, 14th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 èr shí sì jié qi 23rd August-7th September處暑

shǔ Decomposition & Compounds

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shǔ Decomposition

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shǔ Compounds

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