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竖

shù

HSK 6 Character Traditional 豎

What 竖 means

1. to erect
2. vertical
3. vertical stroke (in Chinese characters)

Other readings

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

• shùvariant of {竖|shù}

Example sentences

• 竖起你的耳朵。
  Prick up your ears.
• 我竖起了耳朵听。
  Wǒ shùqǐ le ěrduo tīng.
  I pricked up my ears.
• 看到鬼的时候，我吓得汗毛直竖。
  When I saw the ghost, I was so frightened that my hair stood on end.
• 他开始说他的秘密的时候，我们都竖起了耳朵来听。
  Tā kāishǐ shuō tā de mìmì de shíhou, wǒmen dōu shùqǐ le ěrduo lái tīng.
  We were all ears when he started to tell us his secret.
• 我跟那个芬兰竖琴手怀孕了，他就是我昨晚告诉你的那个人。
  Wǒ gēn nàge Fēnlán shùqín shǒu huáiyùn le, tā jiùshì wǒ zuówǎn gàosu nǐ de nàgèrén.
  I got pregnant from the Finnish harpist that I told you about last night.

Words starting with 竖

• 竖起shù qǐto erect (a tent etc); to prick up (one's ears); to raise (one's eyebrows)
• 竖立shù lìto erect; to set upright; to stand
• 竖琴shù qínharp
• 竖井shù jǐngvertical shaft (for mining, ventilation systems etc)
• 竖式shù shìstanding; vertical
• 竖折shù zhé(downwards-starting right angle character stroke)
• 竖提shù tístroke𠄌 in Chinese characters (e.g. 以
• 竖直shù zhívertical; to erect; to set upright
• 竖笛shù dírecorder (musical instrument); (Taiwan) clarinet
• 竖笔shù bǐvertical stroke (in Chinese characters)
• 竖钩shù gōuvertical stroke with a hook at the end (in Chinese characters)
• 竖中指shù zhōng zhǐto give the middle finger
• 竖弯钩shù wān gōu乚 stroke in Chinese characters
• 竖起耳朵shù qǐ ěr duoto prick up one's ears; to strain to hear sth
• 竖起大拇指shù qǐ dà mu zhǐto give a thumbs-up; to express one's approval
• 竖蛋shù dànsee 立蛋

Words containing 竖

• 横竖héng shuanyway
• 横七竖八héng qī shù bāin disorder; at sixes and sevens (idiom)
• 横眉竖眼héng méi shù yǎnto scowl fiercely; to glare
• 横说竖说héng shuō shù shuōto explain sth over and over again; to repeat
• 横竖劲儿héng shù jìn rfirmness of determination
• 横躺竖卧héng tǎng shù wòto lie down all over the place; exhausted and in disarray
• 阉竖yān shùeunuch (contemptuous appellation)
• 横三竖四héng sān shù sìin disorder; in a tremendous mess
• 横挑鼻子竖挑眼héng tiāo bí zi shù tiāo yǎnto pick on sth incessantly (idiom); to criticize right and left

Characters that look like 竖

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

• 变biànto change; to become different; to transform
• 歪wāiaskew; at a crooked angle; devious
• 贤xiánworthy or virtuous person; honorific used for a person of the same or a younger generation
• 盏zhǎna small cup; classifier for lamps
• 玺xǐruler's seal
• 垩èto whitewash; to plaster

Sounds the same

Read shù, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 数number; figure; several; a few
• 树tree; to cultivate; to set up
• 术method; technique
• 述(bound form) to state; to tell; to narrate; to relate
• 束to bind; bunch; bundle
• 墅villa
• 恕to forgive
• 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