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序

xù

HSK 4 Character

What 序 means

1. bound formorder; sequence
2. bound formintroductory; initial
3. preface

Example sentences

• 她是程序员。
  She is a computer programmer.
• 他是程序员。
  He's a programmer.
• 她是个程序媛吗？
  Tā shì gè chéngxù yuán ma?
  Is she a computer programmer?
• 她是一名程序员。
  She's a programmer.
• 他是一名程序员。
  He's a programmer.
• 她是个女程序员吗？
  Tā shì gè nǚ chéngxùyuán ma?
  Is she a computer programmer?

Words starting with 序

• 序言xù yánpreface; introductory remarks; preamble; prelude
• 序列xù lièsequence
• 序幕xù mùprologue
• 序号xù hàoordinal number; serial number; sequence number
• 序曲xù qǔoverture
• 序数xù shùordinal number
• 序文xù wénpreface; foreword; preamble
• 序次xù cìsequence; order; (literary) to arrange (books) in serial order
• 序章xù zhāngprologue; preface; preamble
• 序列号xù liè hàoserial number; product key (software)
• 序跋xù bápreface and postscript

Words containing 序

• 顺序shùn xùsequence; order
• 程序chéng xùprocedures; sequence; order
• 秩序zhì xùorder; orderliness (in society, in the classroom, on the roads etc)
• 次序cì xùsequence; order
• 循序渐进xún xù jiàn jìnin sequence, step by step (idiom); to make steady progress incrementally
• 有序yǒu xùregular; orderly; successive
• 程序员chéng xù yuánprogrammer
• 排序pái xùto sort; to arrange in order
• 工序gōng xùworking procedure; process
• 程序设计chéng xù shè jìcomputer programming
• 无序wú xùdisorderly; irregular; lack of order
• 井然有序jǐng rán yǒu xùeverything clear and in good order (idiom); neat and tidy
• 自序zì xùauthor's preface; autobiographical notes as introduction to a book
• 秩序井然zhì xù jǐng ránin perfect order
• 失序shī xùto get into disarray; to get out of whack
• 时序shí xùtiming (of a signal or sequence); time course
• 语序yǔ xùword order
• 题序tí xùto compose a preface (or introductory remarks, etc)…
• 测序cè xù(DNA etc) sequencing
• 主序带zhǔ xù dài(astronomy) main sequence
• 子程序zǐ chéng xùsubroutine
• 有序化yǒu xù huàordering (of a list, encyclopedia etc)
• 有次序yǒu cì xùordered
• 源程序yuán chéng xùsource code (computing)

Characters built on 予

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

• 预yùto advance; in advance; beforehand
• 舒shūto stretch; to unfold; to relax
• 豫yùhappy; carefree; at one's ease
• 抒shūto express; to give expression to; variant of 纾
• 纾shūabundant; ample; at ease
• 妤yúused in 婕妤
• 杼zhùshuttle of a loom

Characters that look like 序

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

• 房fánghouse; room; branch of an extended family
• 存cúnto exist; to deposit; to store
• 净jìngclean; completely; only
• 侈chǐextravagant; wasteful; exaggerating
• 沛pèicopious; abundant
• 泮pàn(literary) to melt; to dissolve

Sounds the same

Read xù, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 续to continue; to replenish
• 叙to narrate; to chat
• 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