須

Simplified: 须

On the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list, at CEFR level C1.

xū ㄒㄩ

    • must
    • to have to
    • to wait

Other words read xū

In the same tone

  • 需 xū require
  • 鬚 xū beard
  • 虛 xū emptiness
  • 墟 xū ruins
  • 嬬 xū mistress, concubine

All 25 words read xū

xu with other tones

  • 許 xǔ allow
  • 徐 xú slowly
  • 敘 xù narrate
  • 序 xù order
  • 續 xù continue

All 65 words read xu in any tone

How 須 is written

    部首 radical
    頁
    笔画 strokes
    12, with 3 after the 部首
    结构 structure
    左右结构
    偏旁 parts
    彡頁

    Easy to confuse with 須

    Words with 須

    Starting with 須

    • 須知 xūzhī key information
    • 須臾 xūyú in a flash
    • 須要 xūyào must
    • 須彌山 xūmíshān Mt Meru or Sumeru, sacred mountain in Buddhist and Jain tradition
    • 須彌 xūmí Mt Meru or Sumeru, sacred mountain in Buddhist and Jain tradition

    All 6 words starting with 須

    Ending with 須

    Containing 須

    • 橫須賀 héngxūhè Yokosuka
    • 莫須有 mòxūyǒu groundless
    • 木須肉 mùxūròu moo shu pork – stir-fried sliced pork with scrambled eggs, wood ear mushrooms and vegetables
    • 解鈴還須繫鈴人 jiělíngháixūxìlíngrén lit. whoever hung the bell on the tiger's neck must untie it
    • 布須曼人 bùxūmànrén bushman

    All 6 words containing 須

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