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shǔ

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shǔ Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
shǔ | shu3
English translation
category
genus (taxonomy)
family members
dependents
to belong to
subordinate to
affiliated with
be born in the year of (one of the 12 animals)
to be
to prove to be
to constitute
class, category, type; family; affiliated, belonging to
Pīnyīn Pronunciation
zhǔ | zhu3
English translation
to join together
to fix one's attention on
to concentrate on

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About shǔ

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Number of strokes

12

Traditional form

shǔ

Contains the radical

shī

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

body

Etymology of shǔ

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

尸禹

Semantic compound

shī

Phonetic compound

Explanation

Simplified form of shǔ . Phonosemantic compound. wěi represents the meaning and shǔ represents the sound.

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Example sentences using shǔ

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蚀刻 shí kè 出来 chū lái de 金属 jīnshǔ zhà shì hěn 脆弱 cuìruò de ,容易 róngyì 变形 biàn xíng zhòu shé huò 撕裂 sī liè .

The etched metal - film grids are very fragile and easy to distort, wrinkle or tear.

属性 shǔ xìng de zuì xiǎo 分辨率 fēn biàn lǜ wéi 一秒.

The minimum resolution of this property is one second.

玩具 wánjù Chē de 轮子 lún zi 固定 gùdìng zài 金属棒 jīn shǔ bàng shǎng .

The wheels of the toy car were fixed on metal rods.

zhè 金属 jīnshǔ zài 不太 Gāo de 温度 wēndù xià 熔化 róng huà .

The metal will fuse at a relatively low temperature.

yuàn Chuān 断层 duàn céng shǔ Jīn 城关 chéng guān 断层 duàn céng Dōng Yán 部分 bùfen .

Court River fault is the fault Chengguan extension of the East.

Words with shǔ

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
属于 shǔyú to belong to屬於
金属 jīnshǔ metal金屬
shǔ category shǔ
家属 jiāshǔ family member家屬
下属 xiàshǔ subordinate下屬
所属 suǒ shǔ belonging to所屬
附属 fùshǔ subsidiary附屬
亲属 qīn shǔ kin親屬
属性 shǔ xìng attribute屬性
纯属 chún shǔ to be purely純屬
归属 guī shǔ to belong to歸屬
属实 shǔ shí verified屬實
重金属 zhòng jīn shǔ heavy metal重金屬
隶属 lì shǔ to be attached to隸屬
属下 shǔ xià subordinate屬下
直属 zhí shǔ directly subordinate直屬
有色金属 yǒu sè jīn shǔ non-ferrous metals (all metals excluding iron, chromium, manganese and their alloys)有色金屬
直系亲属 zhí xì qīn shǔ next of kin直系親屬
专属 zhuān shǔ proprietary專屬
归属感 guī shǔ gǎn sense of belonging歸屬感
部属 bù shǔ subordinate部屬
贵金属 guì jīn shǔ precious metal貴金屬
属地 shǔ dì dependency屬地
附属品 fù shǔ pǐn accessory附屬品
眷属 juàn shǔ family member眷屬

shǔ Decomposition & Compounds

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shǔ Decomposition

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shǔ Compounds

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