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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
sū | su1
English translation
to revive; to rise again

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Number of strokes

13

Traditional form

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Isolated morpheme / 语素 yǔ sù Yǔsù

Learning hint

grain

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

鱼禾

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

Explanation

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

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shuí 扮演 bànyǎn 耶稣 Yē sū 降生 jiàng shēng de 玛利亚 Mǎ lì yà ?

Who played Mary in the nativity play?

犹大 Yóu dà shì 耶稣 Yē sū 十二 shí èr 门徒 mén tú 之一 zhī yī .

Judas was one of the twelve disciples of Jesus.

节期 jié qī de 末日 Mò rì , jiù shì 最大之日,耶稣 Yē sū zhàn zhāo 高声 gāo shēng shuì , rén ruò le ,可以 kěyǐ dào 这里 zhè lǐ lái .

If any man is thirsty, let him to Me and drink.

20多岁 shí 曾经 céngjīng 停止 tíng zhǐ xìn Jiào 后来 hòulái 一度 yīdù yòu xìn zài 后来 hòulái 撰写 zhuàn xiě 历史 lìshǐ shǎng 耶稣 Yē sū de 生平 shēng píng 故事 gùshì 时又再脱教

I lapsed in my 20s, returned to it, then lapsed again, while writing the life of historical Jesus.

我们 wǒmen jiāng 耶稣 Yē sū 置于 zhì yú 历史 lìshǐ 环境 huánjìng Zhōng 来看 lái kàn shì hěn 重要 zhòngyào de

It is important that we put Jesus into the context of history.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
耶稣 Yē sū Jesus耶穌
to revive
耶稣会 Yē sū huì The Jesuits (Society of Jesus)耶穌會
耶稣教 Yē sū jiào Protestantism耶穌教

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