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叙

xù

HSK 5 Character Traditional 敘

What 叙 means

1. to narrate
2. to chat

Other readings

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

• xùvariant of {叙|xù}
• Xùabbr. for Syria {叙利亚|Xù lì yà}

Example sentences

• 我们得好好叙叙旧了。
  We've got some catching up to do.
• 详细叙述一下这起事故吧。
  Xiángxì xùshù yīxià zhè qǐ shìgù ba.
  Describe that accident in detail.
• 大马士革是叙利亚的首都。
  Damascus is the capital of Syria.
• 韩国与叙利亚建立外交关系。
  South Korea established diplomatic relations with Syria.
• 他详细地叙述了那场意外的经过。
  Tā xiángxì de xù shù le nà chǎng yìwài de jīngguò.
  He gave a detailed description of the accident.
• 俄罗斯正向叙利亚派遣战舰、海军陆战队和登陆艇坦克，并向伊朗派遣潜舰装备。
  Russia is sending battleships, marines, and landing craft tanks against Syria, and submarine equiment against Iran.

Words starting with 叙

• 叙述xù shùto relate (a story or information); to tell or talk about; to recount
• 叙事xù shìto narrate; to recount; narrative
• 叙利亚Xù lì yàSyria
• 叙旧xù jiùto reminisce; to talk about former times
• 叙明xù míngdetailed accounting
• 叙谈xù tánto chat
• 叙事线xù shì xiànnarrative thread; storyline
• 叙州区Xù zhōu QūXuzhou, a district of Yibin City 宜宾市
• 叙拉古Xù lā gǔSyracuse, Sicily; also written 锡拉库萨
• 叙述性xù shù xìngnarrative
• 叙利亚文Xù lì yà wénSyriac language (from c. 2nd century BC); the Syriac script
• 叙永县Xù yǒng XiànXuyong, a county in Luzhou City 泸州市
• 叙事诗xù shì shīnarrative poem
• 叙州Xù zhōusee 叙州区
• 叙文xù wénvariant of 序文
• 叙永Xù yǒngsee 叙永县
• 叙言xù yánvariant of 序言

Words containing 叙

• 记叙jì xùto narrate; narrative
• 以叙Yǐ XùIsrael-Syria
• 倒叙dào xùto start a narrative at the end (or midway), then proceed chronologically from the…
• 埃叙Āi XùEgypt-Syria
• 引叙yǐn xùto introduce a text by citing documents or source material at the beginning
• 追叙zhuī xùto recount what happened prior to events already known
• 面叙miàn xùto talk face-to-face
• 顺叙shùn xùchronological narration
• 记叙文jì xù wénnarrative writing; written narration
• 综合叙述zōng hé xù shùto summarize; a summary
• 聊叙liáo xùto speak tentatively
• 茶叙chá xùto take tea and chat; a small-scale informal gathering with tea and snacks
• 铺叙pū xùto explain all the details; complete narrative
• 平铺直叙píng pū zhí xù(idiom) (neutral) to narrate in a plain, unaffected manner…
• 铨叙部Quán xù bùMinistry of Civil Service, Taiwan

Characters built on 余

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

• 除chúto get rid of; to remove; to exclude
• 途túway; route; road
• 涂túto apply (paint etc); to smear; to daub
• 徐xúslowly; gently
• 馀Yúsurname Yu
• 荼túthistle; common sowthistle (Sonchus oleraceus); bitter (taste)
• 蜍chúBufo vulgaris; toad
• 狳yúused in 犰狳

Characters that look like 叙

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

• 剥bōto peel; to skin; to flay
• 叔shūuncle; father's younger brother; husband's younger brother
• 勃bóflourishing; prosperous; suddenly
• 秩zhì(literary) salary according to rank; (literary) an official's rank; (literary) order…
• 钛tàititanium (chemistry)
• 轭èyoke

Sounds the same

Read xù, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 续to continue; to replenish
• 序(bound form) order; sequence; (bound form) introductory; initial; preface
• 绪beginnings; clues; mental state
• 蓄to store up; to grow (e.g. a beard); to entertain (ideas)
• 畜to raise (animals)
• 酗drunk
• 恤anxiety; sympathy; to sympathize
• 旭dawn; rising sun
• 絮cotton wadding; fig. padding; long-winded
• 婿son-in-law; husband
• 煦balmy; nicely warm; cozy
• 蓿clover; lucerne; Taiwan pr. sù