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suí

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suí Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
suí | sui2
English translation
to follow, to listen to, to submit to

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About suí

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Number of strokes

14

Traditional form

suí

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

To walk  suí to the city ; to follow a path

Etymology of suí

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

阝遀

Explanation

Simplified form of suí . Phonosemantic compound. chuò represents the meaning and suí represents the sound.

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Words with suí

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
Suí to follow suí
随便 suíbiàn as one wishes隨便
随时 suíshí at any time隨時
随后 suí hòu soon after隨後
随意 suíyì as one wishes隨意
随着 suízhe along with隨著
随机 suí jī pragmatic隨機
伴随 bànsuí to accompany伴隨
随即 suíjí immediately隨即
跟随 gēnsuí to follow跟隨
随身 suíshēn to (take) with one隨身
追随 zhuī suí to follow追隨
随心所欲 suí xīn suǒ yù to follow one's heart's desires隨心所欲
随手 suíshǒu conveniently隨手
随访 suí fǎng to accompany隨訪
随时随地 suí shí suí dì anytime and anywhere隨時隨地
追随者 zhuī suí zhě follower追隨者
随口 suí kǒu (speak) without thinking the matter through隨口
尾随 wěi suí to tail behind尾隨
随风 suí fēng wind-borne隨風
随行 suí xíng to accompany隨行
随从 suí cóng to accompany隨從
随和 suí hé amiable隨和
随地 suí dì everywhere隨地
随之 suí zhī thereupon隨之

suí Decomposition & Compounds

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