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卒

zú

Character

What 卒 means

1. soldier
2. servant
3. to finish
4. to die
5. finally
6. at last
7. pawn in Chinese chess

Other readings

卒 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• zúvariant of {卒|zú}
• cùvariant of {猝|cù}

Example sentences

• 他不过是个无名小卒而已。
  Tā bùguò shì ge wúmíngxiǎozú éryǐ.
  He is just a Mr Nobody.

Words starting with 卒

• 卒中cù zhòngstroke; cerebral hemorrhage
• 卒业zú yèto complete a course of study (old); to graduate
• 卒岁zú suì(literary) to get through the year; entire year; throughout the year

Words containing 卒

• 狱卒yù zújailer (old)
• 士卒shì zúsoldier; private (army)
• 兵卒bīng zúsoldiers; troops
• 劲卒jìng zúelite soldiers; a crack force
• 小卒xiǎo zúfoot soldier; minor figure; a nobody
• 暴卒bào zúto die of sudden illness; to die suddenly
• 更卒gēng zúsoldier (serving alternate watch)
• 走卒zǒu zúpawn (i.e. foot soldier); servant; lackey (of malefactor)
• 郁卒yù zú(Taiwan) depressed and frustrated (from Taiwanese, Tai-lo pr. [ut-tsut])
• 生卒年shēng zú niándates of birth and death (of historical figure)
• 脑卒中nǎo cù zhòngstroke; cerebral hemorrhage
• 马前卒mǎ qián zúlackey; errand boy; lit. runner before a carriage
• 为德不卒wéi dé bù zúto start on virtue but give up (idiom); to fail to carry things through…
• 无名小卒wú míng xiǎo zúinsignificant soldier (idiom); a nobody; nonentity
• 生卒年月shēng zú nián yuèdates of birth and death (of historical figure)
• 贩夫走卒fàn fū zǒu zúlit. peddlers and carriers; common people; lower class
• 身先士卒shēn xiān shì zúto fight at the head of one's troops; (fig.) to take the lead
• 戍卒shù zúgarrison soldier
• 仓卒cāng cùvariant of 仓促
• 匆卒cōng cùold variant of 匆猝

Characters that look like 卒

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

• 辛xīn(of taste) hot or pungent; hard; laborious
• 旱hàndrought
• 卑bēilow; base; vulgar
• 亭tíngpavilion; booth; kiosk
• 孚fúto trust; to believe in
• 枣zǎo(bound form) jujube; Chinese date (Zizyphus jujuba)

Sounds the same

Read zú, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 足(bound form) foot; leg; sufficient; ample; as much as; fully
• 族race; nationality; ethnicity
• 镞arrowhead; sharp
• 哫to cajole
• 崒rocky peaks; lofty and dangerous
• 卆variant of 卒; to die