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絮

xù

Character

What 絮 means

1. cotton wadding
2. fig. padding
3. long-winded

Words starting with 絮

• 絮絮叨叨xù xu dāo dāolong-winded; garrulous; to talk endlessly without getting to the point
• 絮叨xù daolong-winded; garrulous; to talk endlessly without getting to the point
• 絮嘴xù zuǐto chatter endlessly
• 絮棉xù miáncotton wadding
• 絮烦xù fánboring prattle
• 絮片xù piànfloccule; a wisp of material precipitated from liquid
• 絮球xù qiúball of fluff (containing seeds), e.g. a dandelion clock
• 絮絮xù xuendless prattle; to chatter incessantly
• 絮语xù yǔto chatter incessantly
• 絮说xù shuōto chatter endlessly
• 絮状物xù zhuàng wùfloccule; a wisp of material precipitated from liquid
• 絮聒xù guōnoisy prattle; to chatter loudly

Words containing 絮

• 花絮huā xù(news) tidbits; interesting sidelights
• 柳絮liǔ xùwillow catkin
• 棉絮mián xùcotton wadding
• 吐絮tǔ xùcotton boll splits open and reveals its white interior
• 败絮bài xùruined; broken down; shabby
• 麻絮má xùhemp wadding
• 幕后花絮mù hòu huā xù(cinema, TV) behind-the-scenes footage; bonus features…
• 兰因絮果lán yīn xù guǒstarts well but ends in separation (of marital relations)
• 金玉其外，败絮其中jīn yù qí wài , bài xù qí zhōnggilded exterior, shabby and ruined on the inside (idiom)
• 金玉其表，败絮其中jīn yù qí biǎo , bài xù qí zhōnggilded exterior, shabby and ruined on the inside (idiom)

Characters built on 如

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

• 恕shùto forgive
• 茹rúto eat; (extended meaning) to endure; putrid smell
• 铷rúrubidium (chemistry)
• 洳rùdamp; boggy; marshy

Characters that look like 絮

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

• 紫zǐpurple; violet
• 辈bèilifetime; generation; group of people
• 窜cuànto flee; to scuttle; to exile or banish
• 萦yíng(literary) to wind around
• 挲sāused in 摩挲
• 掣chèto pull; to draw; to pull back

Sounds the same

Read xù, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 续to continue; to replenish
• 序(bound form) order; sequence; (bound form) introductory; initial; preface
• 叙to narrate; to chat
• 绪beginnings; clues; mental state
• 蓄to store up; to grow (e.g. a beard); to entertain (ideas)
• 畜to raise (animals)
• 酗drunk
• 恤anxiety; sympathy; to sympathize
• 旭dawn; rising sun
• 婿son-in-law; husband
• 煦balmy; nicely warm; cozy
• 蓿clover; lucerne; Taiwan pr. sù