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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
xù | xu4
English translation
to store up
to grow (e.g. a beard)
to entertain (ideas)
to store, to save, to hoard, to gather

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Number of strokes

13

Traditional form

Contains the radical

cǎo

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

plant

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

艹畜

Semantic compound

cǎo

Phonetic compound

chù

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蓄积 xù jī 已久 yǐ jiǔ de 怒气 nù qì , jiù xiàng 雷电 léi diàn bān 倾泻 qīng xiè zài 莫德身上 shēn shang .

All his accumulated nervous agitation was discharged on Maud like a thunderbolt.

心里 xīn li 含蓄 hán xù zhāo chūn xiāo de qíng wèi , ér 什么 shénme dōu guǎn .

The freshness of spring evenings was in him, and he did not care.

jiǎ , 那样 nà yàng huì de 积蓄 jī xù yòng guāng de .

I can't afford the vacation, for it would eat up my savings.

如果 rúguǒ 六便士 de 硬币 yìng bì yòng lái mǎi táng chī , 这些 zhè xiē 硬币 yìng bì 便会 zài 储蓄罐 dīng líng 当啷 dāng lāng de xiǎng shǎng 几个 jǐ ge yuè .

If sixpences are not exchanged for sweets, they rattle for months inside money - boxes.

zuì hǎo 积蓄 jī xù xiē Qián 以防 yǐ fáng lǎo .

You'd better save up some money for your old age.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
储蓄 chǔxù to save儲蓄
积蓄 jī xù to save積蓄
蓄意 xù yì deliberate蓄意 xù yì
to store up
含蓄 hán xù to contain含蓄 hán xù
蓄水 xù shuǐ water storage蓄水 xù shuǐ
蓄电池 xù diàn chí accumulator蓄電池
蓄水池 xù shuǐ chí water reservoir蓄水池 xù shuǐ chí
蓄谋 xù mòu to plot蓄謀
养精蓄锐 yǎng jīng xù ruì to preserve and nurture one's spirit (idiom); honing one's strength for the big push養精蓄銳
蓄积 xù jī to accumulate蓄積
储蓄率 chǔ xù lǜ savings rate儲蓄率
储蓄卡 chǔ xù kǎ debit card儲蓄卡
兼收并蓄 jiān shōu bìng xù eclectic兼收並蓄
个人储蓄 gè rén chǔ xù personal savings個人儲蓄
蓄养 xù yǎng to raise (animals)蓄養
蕴蓄 yùn xù latent蘊蓄
涵蓄 hán xù to contain涵蓄 hán xù

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