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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
xù | xu4
English translation
drunk
violent, raging drunk, blotto

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Number of strokes

11

Traditional form

Contains the radical

yǒu

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

A dangerous  xiōng drunk  yǒu

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

酉凶

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de 事业 shìyè 一落千丈 yī luò qiān zhàng ,开始 kāishǐ 酗酒 xùjiǔ 吸毒 xī dú 寻求 xún qiú wèi jiè .

His career took a nosedive and he turned to drink and drugs for solace.

孕妇 yùn fù 酗酒 xùjiǔ 可能 kěnéng huì 危及 wēi jí 腹中胎儿 tāi ér

Pregnant women who are heavy drinkers risk damaging the unborn foetus.

zhè 只是 zhǐ shì wéi ràng 那些 nà xiē 酗酒 xùjiǔ zhě 戒酒 jiè jiǔ suǒ 尝试 chángshì de 方法 fāngfǎ 之一 zhī yī

This is but one of the methods used to try and get alcoholics to give up drink.

个人 gèrén de xīn ràng 多年以来 yǐlái 酗酒 xùjiǔ 度日 dù rì

His private demons drove him to drink excessively for many years.

设置 shèzhì 理智 lǐzhì 饮酒 yǐn jiǔ de 主要 zhǔyào 目的 mùdì shì ràng 人们 rén men 了解 liǎojiě 酗酒 xùjiǔ de 恶果 è guǒ

Drinkwise Day is mainly designed to educate people about the destructive effects of alcohol abuse.

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
酗酒 xùjiǔ heavy drinking酗酒 xùjiǔ
drunk

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