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shù

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shù Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
shù | shu4
English translation
to state
to tell
to narrate
to relate
to express, to state; to narrate, to tell

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About shù

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Number of strokes

8

Traditional form

shù

Contains the radical

chuò

Part of speech

Verb-like morpheme / 动词性语素 Dòngcí xìng yǔsù

Learning hint

walk

Etymology of shù

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

辶术

Semantic compound

chuò

Phonetic compound

shù

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. chuò represents the meaning and shù represents the sound.

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Example sentences using shù

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我们 wǒmen 注意 zhùyì dào Fāng 上述 shàng shù 标题 biāotí xià de 八月 Bā yuè 五日来信 lái xìn .

We have noted your letter of August 5 under the above caption.

上述 shàng shù 浆膜 jiāng mó 表面 biǎomiàn de 粘连 nián lián Fēi 少见 shǎo jiàn .

Adhesions involving the aforementioned serous surfaces are not uncommon.

农舍 nóng shè 概述 gài shù ( jiē )

On Cottages in General ( Abridged )

zài 描述 miáo shù 溶胶 shí 人们 rén men 经常 jīngcháng 离题 lí tí .

When writing about aerosol one is continually invited to digress.

那部关于 guānyú 战争 zhànzhēng de zhù shù 之前 zhī qián yǒu 论证 lùnzhèng 严谨 yán jǐn de 序言 xùyán .

Several pages of closely reasoned argument preface her account of the war.

Words with shù

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
描述 miáo shù to describe描述 miáo shù
上述 shàng shù aforementioned上述 shàng shù
讲述 jiǎng shù to talk about講述
陈述 chénshù an assertion陳述
shù to state shù
叙述 xùshù to recount敘述
阐述 chǎnshù to expound (a position)闡述
表述 biǎo shù to formulate表述 biǎo shù
论述 lùn shù treatise論述
口述 kǒu shù to dictate口述 kǒu shù
复述 fù shù to repeat (one's own words or sb else's)複述
记述 jì shù to write an account (of events)記述
述说 shù shuō to recount述說
综述 zōng shù to sum up綜述
引述 yǐn shù to quote引述 yǐn shù
概述 gài shù overview概述 gài shù
前述 qián shù aforestated前述 qián shù
评述 píng shù to comment on評述
转述 zhuǎn shù to relate轉述
自述 zì shù autobiography自述 zì shù
供述 gòng shù confession供述 gòng shù
著述 zhù shù writing著述 zhù shù
赘述 zhuì shù to say more than is necessary贅述
综上所述 zōng shàng suǒ shù to summarize綜上所述

shù Decomposition & Compounds

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shù Decomposition

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shù Compounds

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