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梭

suō

Character

What 梭 means

1. (textiles) shuttle

Example sentences

• 人生苦短，岁月如梭。
  Life is short and time is swift.
• 穿梭班车到机场需要多长时间？
  Chuānsuō bānchē dào jīchǎng xūyào duō cháng shíjiān?
  How long does it take for the airport shuttle to get to the airport?
• 特快火车会带着你在主要城市穿梭，期间不停。
  Tèkuài huǒchē huì dài zhe nǐ zài zhǔyào chéngshì chuānsuō, qījiān bù tíng.
  The express train will take you between major cities non-stop.
• 卢梭是疯狂的, 但有影响力; 休谟是理智的, 但没有追随者。
  Lúsuō shì fēngkuáng de, dàn yǒuyǐngxiǎng lì; Xiūmó shì lǐzhì de, dàn méiyǒu zhuīsuízhě.
  Rousseau was mad but influential; Hume was sane but had no followers.
• 梭罗垂涎于这种植物强壮的紫色茎秆，将其制成藤条，而知更鸟则以深红色汁液的浆果为食。
  Thoreau coveted the plant's strong purple stalk for a cane, and the robins eat its dark crimson-juiced berries.

Words starting with 梭

• 梭子suō zi(textiles) shuttle; cartridge clip; classifier for bullet clips and bursts of gunfire
• 梭哈suō hāfive-card stud (card game) (from English "show hand")
• 梭梭suō suōsaxaul; sacsaoul (Haloxylon ammodendron)
• 梭鱼suō yúbarracuda
• 梭子鱼suō zi yúbarracuda
• 梭镖suō biāospear
• 梭标suō biāovariant of 梭镖

Words containing 梭

• 穿梭chuān suōto shuttle back and forth
• 卢梭Lú suōJean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778), Enlightenment philosopher
• 摩梭Mó suōMosuo ethnic group of Yunnan and Sichuan
• 太空梭tài kōng suōspace shuttle
• 摩梭族Mó suō zúMosuo ethnic group of Yunnan and Sichuan
• 日月如梭rì yuè rú suōthe sun and moon like a shuttle (idiom); How time flies!
• 时空穿梭shí kōng chuān suōtime travel
• 岁月如梭suì yuè rú suōtime flies (idiom)
• 肉毒梭状芽孢杆菌ròu dú suō zhuàng yá bāo gǎn jūnClostridium botulinum

Characters built on 夋

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

• 唆suō(bound form) to incite; to instigate
• 羧suōcarboxyl radical (chemistry)
• 睃suōto throw a glance at; to peer at; Taiwan pr. jùn

Characters that look like 梭

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

• 破pòbroken; damaged; worn out
• 媛yuánused in 婵媛
• 嫂sǎo(bound form) older brother's wife; sister-in-law
• 棱léngsquare beam; variant of 棱
• 揄yúto draw out; to let hanging
• 捩liètear; twist

Sounds the same

Read suō, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 缩to withdraw; to pull back; to contract
• 唆(bound form) to incite; to instigate
• 嗦to suck; used in 啰嗦; used in 哆嗦
• 莎used in 莎草
• 娑(phonetic); see 婆娑
• 羧carboxyl radical (chemistry)
• 蓑rain coat made of straw etc
• 嗍to suck; Taiwan pr. shuò
• 睃to throw a glance at; to peer at; Taiwan pr. jùn
• 桫horse chestnut; Stewartia pseudocamellia (botany)
• 傞uneven; unsteady (in dancing)
• 蹜walk carefully