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shū

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shū Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
shū | shu1
English translation
vegetables
vegetables, greens

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About shū

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Number of strokes

15

Traditional form

shū

Contains the radical

cǎo

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

plant

Etymology of shū

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

艹疏

Semantic compound

cǎo

Phonetic compound

shū

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Example sentences using shū

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mǎi 这些 zhè xiē 蔬菜 shūcài , bèi Suǒ jià tài Gāo le .

I've been charged too much for these vegetables.

喜欢 xǐhuan 蔬菜 shūcài , dàn 喜欢 xǐhuan 肉食 ròu shí .

She likes porridge and vegetables and doesn't like meat.

所有 suǒyǒu de ròu shì 菜市 cài shì shǎng dōu hěn 热闹 rènao ,人人 rén rén 胳膊 gēbo shǎng kuà zhāo guǒ zài 报纸 bàozhǐ de 蔬菜 shūcài .

All the meat and vegetable markets are inswing. Arms loaded with truck bandaged in newspapers.

Xián xiàn 可以 kěyǐ yóu suì 肉末 ròu mò , 蔬菜 shūcài děng 做成.

The salty variety is filled with minced meat, vegetables etc.

yāo yòng 足够 zú gòu de 蔬菜 shūcài ,因为 yīnwèi zhǔ jiù shèng le 多少 duōshǎo le .

Use plenty of vegetables because the cooking boils them all down to a small quantity.

Words with shū

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
蔬菜 shūcài vegetables蔬菜 shūcài
shū vegetables shū
蔬果 shū guǒ vegetables and fruits蔬果 shū guǒ
菜蔬 cài shū greens菜蔬 cài shū
蔬食 shū shí vegetarian meal蔬食 shū shí

shū Decomposition & Compounds

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shū Decomposition

See the 5 Chinese characters that make up shū and their own compounds.

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