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shū

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shū Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
shū | shu1
English translation
different
unique
special
very
(classical) to behead
to die
to cut off
to separate
to surpass
different, special, unusual

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About shū

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Number of strokes

10

Traditional form

shū

Contains the radical

dǎi

Part of speech

Adverb / 副词 fù cí Fù cí

Learning hint

depraved

Etymology of shū

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

歹朱

Semantic compound

dǎi

Phonetic compound

zhū

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. dǎi represents the meaning and zhū represents the sound.

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Example sentences using shū

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dài zhāo 一种 yī zhǒng 特殊 tèshū de 表情 biǎoqíng 讲话 jiǎng huà ,以便 yǐbiàn 孩子 háizi men Néng yǐn dǒng .

He pitched his speech so that even the children could understand.

zài 特殊 tèshū de suān 催化 cuī huà Zhōng , Xiè 的酸不起作用 zuòyòng .

In specific acid catalysis, the undissociated acids do not contribute.

yǒu 一种 yī zhǒng 特殊 tèshū de 人们 rén men yòng lái 召唤 zhào huàn gǒu 的狗 shào .

There are special whistles which people use to call dogs.

由于 yóuyú 总统 zǒngtǒng de 特殊 tèshū 允许 yǔnxǔ , zhè piān 文章 wénzhāng bèi 复印 fùyìn le fèn .

The article was reproduced by the special permission of the President.

dǎo máng quǎn shì zhǒng 特殊 tèshū de gǒu .

A seeing - eye dog is a special dog.

Words with shū

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
特殊 tèshū special特殊 tèshū
悬殊 xuánshū widely different懸殊
shū unique shū
殊荣 shū róng special glory殊榮
殊不知 shū bù zhī little imagined殊不知 shū bù zhī
殊死 shū sǐ to behead殊死 shū sǐ
特殊教育 tè shū jiào yù special education特殊教育 tè shū jiào yù
殊途同归 shū tú tóng guī different routes to the same destination (idiom); fig. different means of achieve the same end殊途同歸
殊异 shū yì entirely different殊異
苏曼殊 Sū Màn shū Su Manshu (1884-1918), Chinese writer, journalist, Buddhist monk, participant in the revolutionary movement蘇曼殊
众寡悬殊 zhòng guǎ xuán shū unequally matched眾寡懸殊

shū Decomposition & Compounds

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shū Decomposition

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