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属于

shǔ yú

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word Traditional 屬於

属于 (shǔ yú) means "to belong to". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 属于 means

1. to belong to; to fall under (a category)

The characters in 属于

• 属shǔcategory; genus (taxonomy); family members
• 于yúto go; to take; sentence-final interrogative particle

Example sentences

• 它属于我兄弟。
  It belongs to my brother.
• 苹果属于水果。
  Apples are fruit.
• 冰岛曾属于丹麦。
  Bīngdǎo céng shǔyú Dānmài.
  Iceland belonged to Denmark.
• 你属于哪个社团?
  Nǐ shǔyú nǎge shètuán?
  Which club do you belong to?
• 这个房子属于谁？
  Who owns this house?
• 这本书属于托尼。
  This book belongs to Tony.

Where 属于 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Office, Study & Computing (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read shǔ yú correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.