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俱

jù

HSK 5 Character

What 俱 means

1. literaryall; both; entirely; without exception
2. literaryto be together
3. literaryto be alike

Example sentences

• 语言会与时俱进。
  Language keeps in step with the times.
• 他试着与时俱进。
  He is trying to keep up with the current of the times.
• 欢迎来到俱乐部。
  Welcome to the club.
• 让我们去俱乐部吧。
  Let's go to the club.
• 您隶属哪家俱乐部吗？
  Do you belong to any clubs?
• 胜想加入英语俱乐部。
  Masaru wants to join the English Club.

Words starting with 俱

• 俱乐部jù lè bù(loanword) club (the organization or its premises)
• 俱全jù quánto have all of the elements mentioned (features, qualities, items etc)
• 俱佳jù jiāexcellent; wonderful
• 俱舍宗Jù shè zōngKusha-shū (Japanese Buddhism school)

Words containing 俱

• 与日俱增yǔ rì jù zēngto increase steadily; to grow with each passing day
• 与时俱进yǔ shí jù jìnabreast of modern developments; to keep up with the times; progressive
• 一应俱全yī yīng jù quánwith everything needed available
• 面面俱到miàn miàn jù dào(idiom) take care of everything; handle everything
• 声泪俱下shēng lèi jù xiàto shed tears while recounting sth; speaking in a tearful voice
• 万念俱灰wàn niàn jù huīevery hope turns to dust (idiom); completely disheartened
• 两败俱伤liǎng bài jù shāngboth sides suffer (idiom); neither side wins
• 万籁俱寂wàn lài jù jì(idiom) dead silent
• 与日俱进yǔ rì jù jìnevery day sees new developments (idiom); to make constant progress
• 与生俱来yǔ shēng jù láiinherent; innate
• 色香味俱全sè xiāng wèi jù quánto smell, look and taste great
• 高空俱乐部Gāo kōng Jù lè bùMile High Club
• 人琴俱亡rén qín jù wángperson and lute have both vanished (idiom); death of a close friend
• 心胆俱裂xīn dǎn jù lièto be scared out of one's wits (idiom)
• 泥沙俱下ní shā jù xiàmud and sand flow together (idiom); good and bad mingle
• 身心俱疲shēn xīn jù píphysically and emotionally exhausted
• 玉石俱焚yù shí jù fénto burn both jade and common stone; to destroy indiscriminately (idiom)
• 梨俱吠陀Lí jù fèi tuóRigveda, Indian religious poem
• 人赃俱获rén zāng jù huò(of a thief, smuggler etc) to be caught with stolen or illegal goods…
• 五味俱全wǔ wèi jù quána complete gamut of all five flavors (idiom); every flavor under the sun
• 百废俱兴bǎi fèi jù xīngall neglected tasks are being undertaken (idiom); work is now underway
• 国际米兰足球俱乐部Guó jì Mǐ lán Zú qiú Jù lè bùFC Internazionale Milano (football club)
• 万事俱备，只欠东风wàn shì jù bèi , zhǐ qiàn dōng fēnglit. everything is ready, all we need is an east wind (idiom)…
• 麻雀虽小，五脏俱全má què suī xiǎo , wǔ zàng jù quánthe sparrow may be small but all its vital organs are there (idiom)…

Characters built on 具

These share the phonetic component 具 (jù), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 惧jùto fear
• 飓jùused in 飓风

Characters that look like 俱

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 倡chàngto initiate; to instigate; to introduce
• 偏piānto lean; to slant; oblique
• 偶ǒuaccidental; image; pair
• 惧jùto fear
• 淇qíname of a river
• 倔juéused in 倔强

Sounds the same

Read jù, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 句sentence; clause; phrase
• 据according to; to act in accordance with; to depend on
• 具tool; device; utensil
• 距to be at a distance of ... from; to be apart from; (bound form) distance…
• 剧theatrical work (play, opera, TV series etc); dramatic (change, increase etc); acute
• 拒to resist; to repel; to refuse
• 聚to assemble; to gather (transitive or intransitive); (chemistry) poly-
• 巨very large; huge; tremendous; gigantic; (colloquial) very; extremely
• 惧to fear
• 锯a saw; to saw
• 足excessive
• 炬torch