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恤

xù

Character Traditional 卹

What 恤 means

1. anxiety
2. sympathy
3. to sympathize
4. to give relief
5. to compensate

Other readings

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

• xùanxiety; sympathy; to sympathize
• xùvariant of {恤|xù}
• xùvariant of {恤|xù}

Example sentences

• 你要这件T恤吗？
  Nǐ yào zhè jiàn Txù ma?
  Do you want this T-shirt?
• 这件T恤太小了。
  Zhè jiàn T xù tài xiǎo le.
  This T-shirt is too small for me.
• 你喜欢我的T恤吗？
  Do you like my T-shirt?
• 哪一件T恤是红色的?
  Nǎ yī jiàn Txù shì hóngsè de?
  Which t-shirt is red?
• 汤姆以七折销售T恤。
  Tom sells T-shirts at a 30 percent discount.
• 卡尔穿着蓝色 T 恤和牛仔裤。
  Karl wore a blue t-shirt and jeans.

Words starting with 恤

• 恤衫xù shānshirt (loanword)
• 恤匮xù kuìto relieve the distressed
• 恤嫠xù líto give relief to widows

Words containing 恤

• 体恤tǐ xùto empathize with; to show solicitude for; (loanword) T-shirt
• 抚恤金fǔ xù jīncompensation payment (for injury); relief payment
• 不恤bù xùnot to worry; not to show concern
• 不恤人言bù xù rén yánnot to worry about the gossip (idiom); to do the right thing regardless of what others say
• 安富恤穷ān fù xù qióngto give sympathy to the rich and relief to the poor (idiom)
• 安富恤贫ān fù xù pínto give sympathy to the rich and relief to the poor (idiom)
• 体恤入微tǐ xù rù wēito emphasize down to last detail (idiom); to show every possible consideration…
• 抚恤fǔ xù(of an organization that has a duty of care) to give financial support to relatives of sb…
• 怜恤lián xùto take pity; to show compassion
• 体恤衫tǐ xù shānT-shirt
• 俸恤fèng xùpayment and pension
• 赈恤zhèn xùrelief aid
• 殒身不恤yǔn shēn bù xùto die without regrets (idiom); to sacrifice oneself without hesitation
• 赒恤zhōu xùto give to the needy
• T恤T xù(loanword) T-shirt

Characters that look like 恤

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

• 缺quēdeficiency; lack; scarce
• 抽chōuto draw out; to pull out from in between; to remove part of the whole…
• 俩liǎtwo (colloquial equivalent of 两个); both; some
• 柚yòupomelo (Citrus maxima or C. grandis); shaddock; oriental grapefruit
• 姝shūpretty woman
• 拗ào(bound form) intractable; contrary; disobedient

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
• 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
• 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