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术

shù

HSK 4 Character Traditional 術

What 术 means

1. method
2. technique

Other readings

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

• zhúvarious genera of flowers of Asteracea family (daisies and chrysanthemums), including Atra

Example sentences

• 是巫术！
  It's witchcraft!
• 那是魔术。
  Nàshi móshù.
  That was magic.
• 友谊是魔术。
  Yǒuyì shì móshù.
  Friendship is magic.
• 该手术无痛。
  The procedure is painless.
• 我喜欢艺术。
  I like art.
• 为艺术而艺术。
  Art for art's sake.

Words starting with 术

• 术语shù yǔterm; terminology
• 术后shù hòupostoperative; after surgery
• 术前shù qiánpreoperative; before surgery
• 术赤Zhú chìJöchi (c. 1182–1227) Mongol army commander, eldest of Genghis Khan's four sons

Words containing 术

• 技术jì shùtechnology; technique; skill
• 艺术yì shùart
• 学术xué shùlearning; science; academic
• 手术shǒu shù(surgical) operation; surgery
• 美术měi shùart; fine arts; painting
• 武术wǔ shùmilitary skill or technique (in former times); all kinds of martial art sports…
• 战术zhàn shùtactics
• 魔术mó shùmagic
• 艺术家yì shù jiāartist
• 美术馆měi shù guǎnart gallery
• 艺术品yì shù pǐnart piece; work of art
• 学术界xué shù jièacademic circles; academia
• 手术室shǒu shù shìoperating room
• 高新技术gāo xīn jì shùhigh tech; high technology
• 算术suàn shùarithmetic
• 艺术节yì shù jiéarts festival
• 技术员jì shù yuántechnician
• 法术fǎ shùmagic
• 动手术dòng shǒu shù(of a surgeon) to operate (on sb); (of a patient) to have an operation
• 医术yī shùmedical expertise; art of healing
• 骗术piàn shùtrick; deceit
• 魔术师mó shù shīmagician
• 技术性jì shù xìngtechnical; technological
• 巫术wū shùwitchcraft

Characters that look like 术

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

• 老lǎoprefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of…
• 米mǐuncooked rice; meter (unit of length); (slang) Chinese yuan
• 木mù(bound form) tree; (bound form) wood; unresponsive; numb; wooden
• 旦dàn(literary) dawn; daybreak; dan, female role in Chinese opera…
• 末mòtip; end; final stage
• 禾hé(bound form) grain plant; cereal crop

Sounds the same

Read shù, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 数number; figure; several; a few
• 树tree; to cultivate; to set up
• 述(bound form) to state; to tell; to narrate; to relate
• 束to bind; bunch; bundle
• 墅villa
• 恕to forgive
• 竖to erect; vertical; vertical stroke (in Chinese characters)
• 庶(bound form) ordinary; numerous; (bound form) pertaining to a concubine (contrasted with 嫡
• 戍garrison
• 漱to rinse one's mouth with water; to gargle
• 沭river in Shandong
• 澍moisture; timely rain