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塑

sù

HSK 4 Character

What 塑 means

1. to model (a figure) in clay
2. bound formplastic (i.e. the synthetic material)

Example sentences

• 塑料不易燃烧。
  Sùliào bù yì ránshāo.
  Plastic does not burn easily.
• 化学给了我们塑胶。
  Huàxué gěi le wǒmen sùjiāo.
  Chemistry gave us plastics.
• 我拒绝使用塑料袋。
  I refuse to use plastic bags.
• 这把椅子是塑料做的。
  Zhè bǎ yǐzi shì sùliào zuò de.
  This chair is plastic.
• 这把塑料椅子很便宜。
  Zhè bǎ sùliào yǐzi hěn piányi.
  This plastic chair is cheap.
• 这把椅子是用塑胶制成的。
  Zhè bǎ yǐzi shì yòng sùjiāo zhìchéng de.
  This chair is made of plastic.

Words starting with 塑

• 塑料袋sù liào dàiplastic bag
• 塑造sù zàoto model; to mold; (fig.) to create (a character, a market, an image etc)…
• 塑料sù liàoplastic; plastics (general term for synthetic polymer materials)
• 塑像sù xiàngto sculpt or mold a statue…
• 塑胶sù jiāosynthetic resin; plastic cement; (Taiwan) plastic
• 塑封sù fēngto laminate (a photo etc); to seal sth in plastic; plastic wrapping
• 塑形sù xíngto shape; to mold; to sculpt; (fitness) to tone or contour the body
• 塑性sù xìngplasticity
• 塑身sù shēnbody sculpting (weight loss and exercise)
• 塑钢sù gāngacetal resin; Delrin; unplasticized polyvinyl chloride (uPVC or rigid PVC)
• 塑化剂sù huà jìplasticizer
• 塑料王sù liào wáng"super plastic" (term used to refer to Teflon)
• 塑料姐妹花sù liào jiě mèi huā(neologism, 2017) (slang) a pair of women whose seemingly close friendship is actually…
• 塑料普通话sù liào pǔ tōng huà(colloquial) bad or awkward Mandarin…
• 塑胶车sù jiāo chēscooter (Tw)
• 塑胶炸药sù jiāo zhà yàoplastic explosive
• 塑胶跑道sù jiāo pǎo dàosynthetic athletics track; tartan track
• 塑胶爆炸物sù jiāo bào zhà wùplastic explosive
• 塑胶袋sù jiāo dài(Taiwan) plastic bag
• 塑膜sù móplastic film (abbr. for 塑料薄膜

Words containing 塑

• 雕塑diāo sùa statue; a Buddhist image; sculpture
• 重塑chóng sùto reconstruct (an art object); to remodel
• 泥塑ní sùclay modeling; clay figurine or statue
• 可塑性kě sù xìngplasticity
• 彩塑cǎi sùpainted clay figure
• 注塑zhù sùinjection molding
• 过塑guò sù(stationery) to laminate
• 面塑miàn sù(figurines) made of dough; dough modeling
• 增塑剂zēng sù jìplasticizer
• 毛塑像Máo sù xiàngstatue of Chairman Mao Zedong (1893-1976) 毛泽东
• 动态雕塑dòng tài diāo sù(fine arts) a mobile
• 泡沫塑料pào mò sù liàostyrofoam

Characters that look like 塑

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

• 照zhàoaccording to; in accordance with; to shine
• 简jiǎnsimple; uncomplicated; letter
• 愤fènindignant; anger; resentment
• 溺nìto drown; to indulge; addicted to
• 雹báohail

Sounds the same

Read sù, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 诉to complain; to sue; to tell
• 速fast; rapid; quick
• 素raw silk; white; plain, unadorned
• 宿lodge for the night; old; former
• 肃respectful; solemn; to eliminate
• 粟millet; (metonym) grain
• 溯to go upstream; to trace the source
• 夙morning; early; long-held
• 愫guileless; sincere
• 簌used in 簌簌
• 嗉the crop of a bird
• 僳used in 傈僳