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绪 xù

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绪 xù Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
xù | xu4
English translation
beginnings
clues
mental state
thread
mental state; thread, clue

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About 绪 xù

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Number of strokes

11

Traditional form

緒 xù

Contains the radical

纟 sī

Part of speech

Noun morpheme / 名语素 Míng yǔsù

Learning hint

thread

Etymology of 绪 xù

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

⿰纟者

Semantic compound

纟 sī

Phonetic compound

者 zhě

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. 纟 sī represents the meaning and 者 zhě represents the sound. Simplified form of 緒 xù .

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Example sentences using 绪 xù

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他 tā 回到 huí dào 家里 jiā lǐ 时 shí 情绪 qíngxù 非常 fēicháng 好 hǎo .

He felt in excellent spirits when he arrived home.

当 dāng 我 wǒ 写 xiě 到 dào 最后 zuìhòu 时 shí , 我 wǒ 的 de 情绪 qíngxù 极 jí 差 chā .

When I wrote last, I was in bad spirits.

情绪 qíngxù 忽 Hū 高忽低 dī .

Emotion swells and subsides.

他 tā 浑身 húnshēn 不 bù 舒服 shūfu , 心绪 xīn xù 也 Yě 很 hěn 乱 luàn .

He was out of sorts physically , as well as disordered mentally.

在 zài 皮毛 pí máo 打 dá 湿 shī 的 de 情况 qíngkuàng 下 xià , 他们 tā men 挤 jǐ 在 zài 低洼 dī wā 处 chǔ ,靠近 kào jìn 黑莓 hēi méi 丛 cóng ,或者 huòzhě 躲 duǒ 在 zài 背风坡 pō 上 shǎng , 毫无 háowú 觅食 mì shí 的 de 情绪 qíngxù .

With their fleece sopping wet, they huddled in hollows, too dispirited to graze.

Words with 绪 xù

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
情绪 qíngxù mood情緒
头绪 tóu xù outline頭緒
就绪 jiù xù to be ready就緒
思绪 sī xù mood思緒
情绪化 qíng xù huà emotional情緒化
光绪 Guāng xù reign name of penultimate Qing emperor Guangxu or Guang-hsu (1875-1908)光緒
绪 xù clues緒 xù
心绪 xīn xù mood心緒
闹情绪 nào qíng xù to be in a bad mood鬧情緒
千头万绪 qiān tóu wàn xù plethora of things to tackle千頭萬緒
愁绪 chóu xù melancholy愁緒
心绪不宁 xīn xù bù níng unquiet state of mind心緒不寧
绪论 xù lùn introduction緒論
索绪尔 Suǒ xù ěr Saussure (name)索緒爾
别绪 bié xù emotions at time of parting別緒
绪言 xù yán introduction緒言
离情别绪 lí qíng bié xù sad feeling at separation (idiom)離情別緒
余绪 yú xù vestigial residue餘緒
端绪 duān xù clue端緒

绪 xù Decomposition & Compounds

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绪 xù Decomposition

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