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疏

shū

HSK 6 Character

What 疏 means

1. to dredge
2. to clear away obstruction
3. thin
4. sparse
5. scanty
6. distant (relation)
7. not close
8. to neglect
9. negligent
10. to present a memorial to the Emperor
11. commentary
12. annotation

Other readings

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

• Shūsurname Shu
• shūvariant of {疏|shū}

Example sentences

• 他总会有疏漏的。
  Tā zǒng huì yǒu shūlòu de.
  He'll get sloppy.
• 他责备了我的疏忽。
  Tā zébèi le wǒ de shūhu.
  He reprimanded me for my oversight.
• 人们因为洪水被疏散了。
  Rénmen yīnwèi hóngshuǐ bèi shūsàn le.
  People were evacuated because of the flood.
• 我外婆患有骨质疏松症。
  My grandmother suffers from osteoporosis.
• 我奶奶患有骨质疏松症。
  My grandmother suffers from osteoporosis.
• 我们有不到五分钟来疏散整栋楼的人。
  Wǒmen yǒu bù dào wǔ fēnzhōng lái shūsàn zhěng dòng lóu de rén.
  We have less than five minutes to evacuate the whole building.

Words starting with 疏

• 疏忽shū huto neglect; to overlook; negligence
• 疏远shū yuǎnto drift apart; to become estranged; to alienate
• 疏散shū sànto scatter; to disperse; to evacuate; scattered; sparse
• 疏导shū dǎoto dredge; to open up a path for; to remove obstructions
• 疏通shū tōngto unblock; to dredge; to clear the way
• 疏离shū líto become alienated; estranged; alienation
• 疏漏shū lòuto slip up; to overlook by negligence; careless omission; oversight
• 疏松shū sōngto loosen
• 疏剪shū jiǎnto prune
• 疏失shū shīto make a (careless) mistake; oversight
• 疏挖shū wāto dredge; to dig out (a channel)
• 疏放shū fàngeccentric; self-indulgent; free and unconventional (written style)
• 疏于shū yúto fail to pay sufficient attention to; to be negligent in regard to; to be lacking in
• 疏果shū guǒto thin fruit (to increase fruit size etc)
• 疏水shū shuǐ(chemistry) hydrophobic
• 疏淡shū dànsparse; thin; distant
• 疏狂shū kuánguninhibited; unrestrained; unbridled
• 疏率shū shuàicareless and rash; heedless
• 疏理shū lǐto clarify (disparate material into a coherent narrative); to marshal an argument
• 疏略shū lüènegligence; to neglect inadvertently
• 疏疏shū shūsparse; blurred; old for 楚楚
• 疏落shū luòsparse; scattered
• 疏解shū jiěto mediate; to mitigate; to ease
• 疏开shū kāito disperse

Words containing 疏

• 生疏shēng shūunfamiliar; strange; out of practice
• 稀疏xī shūsparse; infrequent; thinly spread
• 上疏shàng shū(of a court official) to present a memorial to the emperor (old)
• 亲疏qīn shūclose and distant (relatives)
• 空疏kōng shūshallow; empty
• 粗疏cū shūcoarse; rough; careless
• 荒疏huāng shūto be out of practice; rusty
• 注疏zhù shūcommentary and subcommentary (of a book)
• 暗香疏影àn xiāng shū yǐng(poetic depiction of plum blossom)
• 紧急疏散jǐn jí shū sànemergency evacuation
• 医疗疏失yī liáo shū shīmedical negligence; medical malpractice
• 骨质疏松gǔ zhì shū sōngosteoporosis
• 骨质疏松症gǔ zhì shū sōng zhèngosteoporosis
• 才疏学浅cái shū xué qiǎn(humble expr.) of humble talent and shallow learning (idiom)…
• 亲疏贵贱qīn shū guì jiànclose and distant, rich and poor (idiom); everyone; all possible relations
• 仗义疏财zhàng yì shū cáito help the needy for justice (idiom); to be loyal to one's friends and generous to the…
• 天网恢恢，疏而不漏tiān wǎng huī huī , shū ér bù lòulit. heaven's net has wide meshes, but nothing escapes it (idiom, from Laozi 73)…
• 法网恢恢，疏而不漏fǎ wǎng huī huī , shū ér bù lòularge though its mesh may be, no criminal can slip through the wide net of justice
• 天网恢恢，疏而不失tiān wǎng huī huī , shū ér bù shīsee 天網恢恢，天网恢恢，疏而不漏

Characters built on 㐬

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

• 梳shūto comb; (bound form) a comb
• 毓yù(literary) to produce; to foster; to nurture

Characters that look like 疏

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

• 敬jìng(bound form) respectful; to respect; to offer politely
• 践jiànto fulfill (a promise); to tread; to walk
• 硫liúsulfur (chemistry)
• 琉liúprecious stone
• 跷qiāoto raise one's foot; to stand on tiptoe; stilts
• 眭suīto have a deep or piercing gaze

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
• 殊(literary) to kill; to behead; to sever; to separate; to surpass; (bound form) different…
• 蔬vegetables
• 梳to comb; (bound form) a comb
• 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