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熟

shú

Old HSK 4 HSK 3.0 character level 4 Character

熟 (shú) means "ripe; mature; thoroughly cooked; done; familiar; acquainted". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was HSK 4 in the old six-level list.

What 熟 means

1. ripe; mature
2. thoroughly cooked; done
3. familiar; acquainted
4. experienced; skilled
5. (of sleep etc) deep; profound
6. also pr. shóu

Example sentences

• 对他熟悉
  Duì tā shúxī
  I am familiar with him.
• 熟能生巧。
  Shúnéngshēngqiǎo.
  Practice makes perfect.
• 他们很眼熟。
  Tāmen hěn yǎnshú.
  They look familiar.
• 我跟她不熟。
  I'm not acquainted with her.
• 汤姆熟人多。
  Tom knows a lot of people.
• 我们是熟人吗？
  Wǒmen shì shúrén ma?
  Are we acquaintances?

Words starting with 熟

• 熟悉shú xīto be familiar with; to know well
• 熟练shú liànpracticed; proficient; skilled
• 熟人shú rénacquaintance; friend
• 熟睡shú shuìasleep; sleeping soundly
• 熟知shú zhīto be well acquainted with
• 熟识shú shito be well acquainted with; to know well
• 熟读shú dúto read and reread sth until one is familiar with it
• 熟食shú shícooked food; prepared food; deli food
• 熟视无睹shú shì wú dǔ(idiom) to turn a blind eye to (sth one sees regularly)
• 熟透shú tòucompletely ripe; ripened; well-cooked
• 熟记shú jìto learn by heart; to memorize
• 熟客shú kèfrequent visitor
• 熟稔shú rěn(literary) to be very familiar with (sb or sth); well acquainted with…
• 熟化shú huàto cure; to mature
• 熟地shú dìcultivated land; in Chinese medicine, preparation from rhizome of Chinese foxglove…
• 熟女shú nǚstylish and confident middle-aged woman
• 熟字shú zìfamiliar words; known Chinese character
• 熟思shú sīdeliberation
• 熟虑shú lǜcareful thought
• 熟成shú chéng(of wine, cheese, beef etc) to age; to mature
• 熟手shú shǒuskilled person; an experienced hand
• 熟料shú liàoworked material; chamotte (refractory ceramic material)
• 熟男shú nánmiddle-aged man (often with connotations of confidence, success and attractiveness)
• 熟络shú luòfamiliar; close

Words containing 熟

• 成熟chéng shúmature; ripe; to mature; to ripen; Taiwan pr. chéng shóu
• 煮熟zhǔ shóuto boil thoroughly; to cook thoroughly
• 娴熟xián shúadept; skilled
• 早熟zǎo shúprecocious; early-maturing
• 眼熟yǎn shúfamiliar-looking; to seem familiar
• 耳熟能详ěr shú néng xiángwhat's frequently heard can be repeated in detail (idiom)
• 深思熟虑shēn sī shú lǜmature reflection; after careful deliberations
• 面熟miàn shúto look familiar; familiar-looking
• 相熟xiāng shúto be familiar with one another; to know each other well
• 烂熟làn shú(of fruit) fully ripe; overripe; (of food) cooked until very soft; to know thoroughly…
• 纯熟chún shúskillful; proficient
• 人生地不熟rén shēng dì bù shúto be a stranger in a strange land (idiom); in an unfamiliar place without friends or…
• 轻车熟路qīng chē shú lùlit. to drive a lightweight chariot on a familiar road (idiom)…
• 滚瓜烂熟gǔn guā làn shúlit. ripe as a melon that rolls from its vine (idiom); fig. to know fluently…
• 混熟hùn shóuto get familiar with
• 驾轻就熟jià qīng jiù shúlit. an easy drive on a familiar path (idiom); fig. experience makes progress easy…
• 半生不熟bàn shēng bù shóuunderripe; half-cooked; (fig.) not mastered (of a technique)
• 全熟quán shúthoroughly cooked; (of steak) well done; (of eggs) hard-boiled
• 半熟bàn shúhalf-cooked; (of vegetables) parboiled; (of steak) medium; (of eggs) soft-boiled
• 完熟wán shúfully ripe
• 晚熟wǎn shú(of crops or people) late-maturing
• 未熟wèi shúunripe
• 树熟shù shútree-ripe
• 杀熟shā shú(colloquial) (business) to exploit the trust of acquaintances or loyal customers for…

Characters that look like 熟

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

• 熬áoto cook on a slow fire; to extract by heating; to decoct; to endure
• 蔡Càisurname Cai
• 憩qìto rest
• 寮liáohut; shack; small window
• 憨hānsilly; simple-minded; foolish
• 塾shúprivate school

Sounds the same

Read shú, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 孰who; which; what
• 赎to redeem; to ransom
• 塾private school
• 秫glutinous sorghum
• 襡short skirt or tunic

Go deeper

• Every HSK 4 word, with the rest of its level.
• How characters are built from components.
• How to learn Chinese characters.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read shú correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.