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殊

shū

HSK 5 Character

What 殊 means

1. literaryto kill; to behead; to sever; to separate; to surpass
2. bound formdifferent
3. bound formspecial; remarkable
4. literaryvery; extremely

Example sentences

• 我们有特殊联系。
  We have a special connection.
• 这牛奶有特殊的气味。
  Zhè niúnǎi yǒu tèshū de qìwèi.
  This milk has a peculiar smell.
• 你有什幺特殊的天赋吗？
  Do you have any special talents?
• 汤姆只在特殊场合穿西装。
  Tom only wears a suit on special occasions.
• 让我们来学习一个特殊的例子。
  Ràng wǒmen lái xuéxí yī gè tèshū de lìzi.
  Let's study a specific example.
• 今年肯定是人类历史上特殊的一年。
  Jīnnián kěndìng shì rénlèi lìshǐshàng tèshū de yī nián.
  This year is definitely a special year in human history.

Words starting with 殊

• 殊不知shū bù zhīlittle imagined; scarcely realized
• 殊荣shū róngspecial glory; distinction; rare honor
• 殊死shū sǐto behead; capital punishment; desperate struggle
• 殊途同归shū tú tóng guīdifferent routes to the same destination (idiom); fig. different means of achieve the…
• 殊异shū yìentirely different; quite separate
• 殊致shū zhì(literary) mixed; inconsistent; (literary) spectacular scenery
• 殊色shū sèbeautiful girl; a beauty
• 殊域周咨录Shū yù zhōu zī lùMing dynasty record (1574) of exploration and foreign relations
• 殊乡shū xiāngforeign land; faraway land
• 殊姿shū zīdiffering attitude; different posture
• 殊深轸念shū shēn zhěn niànextreme solicitude (idiom); expressing the deepest condolences; to feel deeply concerned

Words containing 殊

• 特殊tè shūspecial; particular; unusual
• 悬殊xuán shūvastly different; poles apart
• 文殊Wén shūManjushri, the Bodhisattva of keen awareness
• 特殊教育tè shū jiào yùspecial education; special-needs education
• 苏曼殊Sū Màn shūSu Manshu (1884-1918), Chinese writer, journalist, Buddhist monk, participant in the…
• 特殊儿童tè shū ér tóngchild with special needs; gifted child
• 特殊护理tè shū hù lǐspecial care; intensive nursing
• 特殊关系tè shū guān xìspecial relation
• 同途殊归tóng tú shū guīsame road out, different ones back
• 特殊函数tè shū hán shùspecial functions (math.)
• 众寡悬殊zhòng guǎ xuán shū(idiom) a great disparity in numerical strength
• 文殊菩萨Wén shū Pú sàManjushri, the Bodhisattva of keen awareness
• 文殊师利菩萨Wén shū shī lì Pú sàManjushri, the Bodhisattva of keen awareness

Characters built on 朱

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

• 珠zhūbead; pearl
• 蛛zhū(bound form) spider
• 株zhūtree trunk; stump (tree root); a plant
• 茱zhūused in 茱萸
• 铢zhūtwenty-fourth part of a tael (2 or 3 grams)
• 侏zhūdwarf
• 姝shūpretty woman
• 洙zhūname of a river

Characters that look like 殊

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

• 根gēnroot; basis; classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings
• 珠zhūbead; pearl
• 烁shuòbright; luminous
• 殃yāngcalamity
• 姝shūpretty woman
• 洙zhūname of a river

Sounds the same

Read shū, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 书book; letter; document
• 舒to stretch; to unfold; to relax
• 叔uncle; father's younger brother; husband's younger brother
• 输to lose; to be beaten; (bound form) to transport; (literary) to donate; to contribute
• 蔬vegetables
• 梳to comb; (bound form) a comb
• 疏to dredge; to clear away obstruction; thin
• 抒to express; to give expression to; variant of 纾
• 淑(bound form) (of women) gentle; kind; lovely; admirable; (used in given names)…
• 姝pretty woman
• 枢(bound form) hinge; pivot (usu. fig.)
• 倏sudden; abrupt; Taiwan pr. shù