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松

sōng

HSK 4 Character Measure word 棵

What 松 means

1. pine

Other readings

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

• sōngloose; to loosen; to relax
• Sōngsurname Song

Example sentences

• 放轻松。
  Take it easy.
• 放松吧。
  Relax.
• 放松点吧。
  Just relax.
• 我很放松。
  I'm relaxed.
• 这个钮扣松了
  Zhège niǔ kòu sōng le
  This button is loose.
• 嘿，放松点。
  Hey, relax.

Words starting with 松

• 松开sōng kāito release; to let go; to loosen
• 松树sōng shùpine; pine tree
• 松弛sōng chíto relax; relaxed; limp
• 松鼠sōng shǔsquirrel
• 松花江Sōng huā jiāngSonghua River in Jilin province 吉林省 through Harbin 哈尔滨
• 松手sōng shǒuto relinquish one's grip; to let go
• 松动sōng dòngloose; slack; (fig.) to soften (policies, tone of voice)
• 松懈sōng xièto relax; to relax efforts; to slack off
• 松软sōng ruǎnflexible; not rigid; spongy
• 松散sōng santo relax; loose; not consolidated
• 松柏sōng bǎipine and cypress; fig. chaste and undefiled; fig. tomb
• 松江Sōng jiāngSongjiang suburban district of Shanghai
• 松子sōng zǐpine nut
• 松木sōng mùpine wood; deal; larch
• 松口sōng kǒuto let go of sth held in one's mouth; (fig.) to relent; to yield
• 松绑sōng bǎngto untie; (fig.) to ease restrictions
• 松山Sōng shānSongshan or Sungshan District of Taipei City 台北市; Matsuyama, city in Japan
• 松塔sōng tǎpine cone
• 松明sōng míngpine torch
• 松本Sōng běnMatsumoto (Japanese surname and place name)
• 松果sōng guǒpine cone; strobile; strobilus
• 松球sōng qiúpine cone
• 松石sōng shíturquoise (gemstone)
• 松科sōng kēpinaceae

Words containing 松

• 轻松qīng sōnglight; gentle; relaxed
• 放松fàng sōngto relax; to slacken; to loosen
• 宽松kuān sōngspacious; roomy; uncrowded; (of clothes) loose and comfortable; relaxed; free of worry
• 武松Wǔ SōngWu Song, a heroic outlaw of Liangshan Marsh in the classic novel Water Margin 水浒传
• 马拉松mǎ lā sōng(loanword) marathon
• 尼克松Ní kè sōngRichard Nixon (1913–1994), US president 1969–1974
• 青松qīng sōngpine tree
• 蓬松péng sōngfluffy
• 雪松xuě sōngcedar tree; cedarwood
• 疏松shū sōngto loosen
• 稀松xī sōngpoor; sloppy; unconcerned
• 巴松bā sōng(loanword) bassoon
• 手松shǒu sōngliberal with one's money; free-spending
• 油松yóu sōngChinese red pine
• 石松shí sōngLycopodiopsida (club mosses)
• 亚松森Yà sōng sēnAsunción, capital of Paraguay
• 巴松管bā sōng guǎn(loanword) bassoon
• 迎客松Yíng kè SōngGreeting Pine, symbol of Huangshan 黄山
• 黑客松hēi kè sōng(loanword) hackathon
• 地塞米松dì sài mǐ sōngdexamethasone
• 埃格尔松Āi gé ěr sōngEgersund (city in Norway)
• 布松布拉Bù sōng bù lāBujumbura, capital of Burundi (Tw)
• 海于格松Hǎi yú gé sōngHaugesund (city in Rogaland, Norway)
• 西松建设Xī sōng Jiàn shèNishimatsu Construction Co.

Characters built on 公

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

• 讼sònglitigation
• 颂sòngode; eulogy; to praise in writing
• 蚣gōngused in 蜈蚣
• 忪sōngused in 惺忪
• 彸zhōngrestless, agitated

Characters that look like 松

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

• 拉lāto pull; to play (a bowed instrument); to drag
• 杜dùbirchleaf pear (tree); to stop; to prevent
• 祉zhǐfelicity
• 柚yòupomelo (Citrus maxima or C. grandis); shaddock; oriental grapefruit
• 纭yúnconfused; numerous
• 枸gōubent; crooked

Sounds the same

Read sōng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 嵩(literary) (of mountains) lofty
• 菘(cabbage); Brassica chinensis
• 忪used in 惺忪
• 凇icicle
• 娀name of an ancient state
• 濍(onomatopoeia) sound of water
• 蜙used in 蜙蝑
• 淞name of a river in Jiangsu Province
• 崧variant of 嵩
• 梥old variant of 松