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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
sù | su4
English translation
raw silk
white
plain, unadorned
vegetarian (food)
essence
nature
element
constituent
usually
always
ever
plain; white; vegetarian; formerly; normally

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Number of strokes

10

Traditional form

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

A silken thread  hanging off a tree 

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

龶糸

Explanation

Depicts raw silk (). The significance of the top component is unclear.

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chén yáng 哪里 nǎ lǐ yǒu mài 通化 Tōng huà 东宝 Dōng bǎo 生产 shēngchǎn de 胰岛素 yí dǎo sù ?

Does Shenyang where have the insulin that sells a Hua Dongbao production?

zài 质子 zhì zǐ de suān Zhōng , shì lìng 一种 yī zhǒng quē 电子 diàn zǐ 元素 yuánsù .

In aprotic acids, it is some other electron - deficient element.

蹲过监狱 jiānyù de 纪录 jìlù 或许 huòxǔ huì bèi chū lái ,成为 chéngwéi 利于 lì yú 你的因素 yīnsù .

Your prison record may be brought up against you.

zài suì xiè 沉积物 chén jī wù Zhōng , 颗粒 kē lì 大小 dà xiǎo shì 重要 zhòngyào 因素 yīnsù .

In clastic sediments, particle size is an important factor.

gài 这种 zhè zhǒng 明显 míngxiǎn de 作用 zuòyòng tóng 某些 mǒu xiē 激素 jī sù 能够 néng gòu 延缓 yán huǎn 衰老 shuāilǎo 的作用方式 fāngshì 相似 xiāngsì .

Calcium apparently acts in a similar manner as some of the hormones that defer senescence.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
因素 yīnsù element因素 yīnsù
white
素质 sùzhì inner quality素質
元素 yuánsù element元素 yuánsù
维生素 wéishēngsù vitamin維生素
激素 jī sù hormone激素 jī sù
毒素 dú sù poison毒素 dú sù
抗生素 kàng shēng sù antibiotic抗生素 kàng shēng sù
要素 yàosù essential factor要素 yàosù
像素 xiàng sù pixel像素 xiàng sù
素食 sùshí vegetables素食 sùshí
素材 sù cái source material (in literature and art)素材 sù cái
胰岛素 yí dǎo sù insulin胰島素
同位素 tóng wèi sù isotope同位素 tóng wèi sù
素描 sù miáo sketch素描 sù miáo
色素 sè sù pigment色素 sè sù
朴素 pǔsù unadorned樸素
罗素 Luó sù Russell (name)羅素
吃素 chī sù to be a vegetarian吃素 chī sù
青霉素 qīng méi sù penicillin青霉素 qīng méi sù
微量元素 wēi liàng yuán sù trace element (chemistry)微量元素 wēi liàng yuán sù
雌激素 cí jī sù estrogen雌激素 cí jī sù
素养 sù yǎng (personal) accomplishment素養
我行我素 wǒ xíng wǒ sù to continue in one's own way (idiom)我行我素 wǒ xíng wǒ sù

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