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绪

xù

HSK 5 Character Traditional 緒

What 绪 means

1. beginnings
2. clues
3. mental state
4. thread

Example sentences

• 没头绪。
  Méi tóuxù.
  Getting nowhere.
• 一切就绪。
  Yīqièjiùxù.
  Everything's ready.
• 她情绪低落。
  She felt blue.
• 她情绪多变。
  She has moods.
• 我没想要情绪化。
  I didn't mean to get emotional.
• 他会说意第绪语。
  He speaks Yiddish.

Words starting with 绪

• 绪论xù lùnintroduction; introductory chapter
• 绪言xù yánsee 绪论

Words containing 绪

• 情绪qíng xùmood; state of mind; moodiness
• 思绪sī xùtrain of thought; emotional state; mood
• 光绪Guāng xùreign name of penultimate Qing emperor Guangxu or Guang-hsu (1875-1908)
• 头绪tóu xùoutline; main threads
• 心绪xīn xùstate of mind; mood
• 就绪jiù xùto be ready; to be in order
• 情绪化qíng xù huàemotional; sentimental
• 愁绪chóu xùmelancholy
• 别绪bié xùemotions at time of parting
• 端绪duān xùstart and development; thread (of a story); general outline
• 余绪yú xùvestigial residue; a throwback (to a former age)
• 光绪帝Guāng xù dìGuangxu Emperor
• 执行绪zhí xíng xù(Taiwan; computing) thread
• 闹情绪nào qíng xùto be in a bad mood
• 心绪不佳xīn xù bù jiāout of sorts; gloomy
• 心绪不宁xīn xù bù níngunquiet state of mind
• 情绪价值qíng xù jià zhíemotional value
• 情绪商数qíng xù shāng shùemotional intelligence quotient (EQ)
• 情绪智商qíng xù zhì shāngemotional intelligence (EQ)
• 情绪状态qíng xù zhuàng tàiemotional state
• 意第绪语Yì dì xù yǔYiddish language
• 西绪福斯Xī xù fú sīSisyphus
• 离情别绪lí qíng bié xùsad feeling at separation (idiom)
• 民族主义情绪mín zú zhǔ yì qíng xùnationalist feelings; nationalist sentiment

Characters built on 者

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

• 署shǔoffice; bureau; (Taiwan pr. shù) to sign
• 著zhùto make known; to show; to prove
• 诸zhūall; various
• 赌dǔto bet; to gamble
• 屠túto slaughter (animals for food); to massacre
• 猪zhūhog; pig; swine
• 堵dǔto block up (a road, pipe etc); to stop up (a hole)…
• 煮zhǔto cook; to boil

Characters that look like 绪

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

• 措cuòto handle; to manage; to put in order
• 猎lièhunting
• 猪zhūhog; pig; swine
• 掳lǔ(bound form) to capture (sb)
• 婕jiéused in 婕妤
• 绫língdamask; thin silk

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
• 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
• 絮cotton wadding; fig. padding; long-winded
• 婿son-in-law; husband
• 煦balmy; nicely warm; cozy
• 蓿clover; lucerne; Taiwan pr. sù