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树

shù

HSK 3 Character Traditional 樹 Measure word 棵

What 树 means

1. tree
2. to cultivate
3. to set up

Example sentences

• 熊会爬树。
  Bears can climb trees.
• 树是绿的。
  The trees are green.
• 我爱树干。
  I love the trunk.
• 树是植物。
  Trees are plants.
• 树在哪里？
  Where is the tree?
• 他砍倒树。
  He felled the tree.

Words starting with 树

• 树立shù lìto set up; to establish
• 树林shù línwoods; grove; forest
• 树木shù mùtree
• 树叶shù yètree leaves
• 树枝shù zhībranch; twig
• 树干shù gàntree trunk
• 树丛shù cóngthicket; undergrowth
• 树荫shù yīnshade of a tree; Taiwan pr. shù yìn
• 树梢shù shāothe tip of a tree; treetop
• 树皮shù pítree bark
• 树根shù gēntree roots
• 树脂shù zhīresin
• 树种shù zhǒngtree species
• 树阴shù yīnshade (of a tree)
• 树苗shù miáosapling; young tree
• 树冠shù guāntreetop
• 树桩shù zhuāngtree stump
• 树人shù rénto prepare children to become capable citizens
• 树屋shù wūtree house
• 树液shù yètree sap
• 树突shù tūdendrite (branched projection of a neuron)
• 树身shù shēntree trunk
• 树龄shù língage of a tree
• 树林市Shù lín shìShulin city in New Taipei City 新北市

Words containing 树

• 榕树róng shùbanyan
• 松树sōng shùpine; pine tree
• 柳树liǔ shùwillow
• 果树guǒ shùfruit tree
• 槐树huái shùlocust tree (Sophora japonica)
• 小树xiǎo shùshrub; small tree; sapling
• 杨树yáng shùpoplar tree; various trees of genus Populus
• 绿树lǜ shùtrees; greenery
• 橡树xiàng shùoak
• 橄榄树gǎn lǎn shùolive tree
• 圣诞树Shèng dàn shùChristmas tree
• 桃树táo shùpeach tree
• 榆树yú shùelm
• 建树jiàn shùto make a contribution; to establish; to found
• 柏树bǎi shùcypress tree; Taiwan pr. bó shù
• 独树一帜dú shù yī zhìlit. to fly one's banner on a solitary tree (idiom); fig. to act as a loner…
• 樟树zhāng shùcamphor; Cinnamonum camphara
• 植树zhí shùto plant trees
• 梨树lí shùpear tree
• 枫树fēng shùmaple
• 白杨树bái yáng shùwhite poplar (Populus bonatii)
• 枣树zǎo shùjujube tree; date tree; Zizyphus vulgaris
• 摇钱树yáo qián shùlegendary tree that sheds coins when shaken; (fig.) source of easy money
• 棕榈树zōng lǘ shùpalm tree

Characters that look like 树

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

• 衬chèn(of garments) against the skin; to line; lining
• 耕gēngto plow; to till
• 桐tóngtree name (variously Paulownia, Firmiana or Aleurites)
• 柑gānlarge tangerine
• 枸gōubent; crooked
• 婀ēgraceful; willowy; unstable

Sounds the same

Read shù, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 数number; figure; several; a few
• 术method; technique
• 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