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suī

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suī Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
suī | sui1
English translation
although, even though

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About suī

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Number of strokes

17

Traditional form

suī

Contains the radical

zhuī

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

Etymology of suī

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

虽隹

Phonetic compound

zhuī

Explanation

Simplified form of suī . This character originally was used to describe some sort of lizard-like animal. The current meaning is a phonetic loan. The traditional component zhuī was removed for simplification.

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Words with suī

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
虽然 suīrán although雖然
suī although suī
虽说 suī shuō though雖說
虽是 suī shì although雖是
虽则 suī zé nevertheless雖則
虽败犹荣 suī bài yóu róng honorable even in defeat (idiom)雖敗猶榮
虽死犹生 suī sǐ yóu shēng lit. although dead, as if still alive (idiom); still with us in spirit雖死猶生
虽死犹荣 suī sǐ yóu róng lit. although dead, also honored; died a glorious death雖死猶榮
秤砣虽小压千斤 chèng tuó suī xiǎo yā qiān jīn for want of a nail the battle was lost秤砣雖小壓千斤

suī Decomposition & Compounds

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