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肃

sù

HSK 5 Character Traditional 肅

What 肃 means

1. respectful
2. solemn
3. to eliminate
4. to clean up

Other readings

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

• Sùsurname Su

Example sentences

• 我们认为这不严肃。
  We don't think it's serious.
• 对事情比较正经严肃。
  Duì shìqing bǐjiào zhèngjīng yánsù.
  Take things a little more seriously.
• 我瞬间对你肃然起敬！
  Wǒ shùnjiān duì nǐ sùránqǐjìng!
  All of a sudden I'm filled with great admiration for you!
• 谈严肃的事时要严肃。
  One must speak about serious things seriously.
• 你应该理解，这是严肃的。
  You should understand, this is serious.
• 我们在严肃地谈论你的未来。
  Wǒmen zài yánsù de tánlùn nǐ de wèilái.
  We are having a serious talk about your future.

Words starting with 肃

• 肃穆sù mùsolemn and respectful; serene
• 肃然起敬sù rán qǐ jìngto feel deep veneration for sb (idiom)
• 肃清sù qīngto purge
• 肃静sù jìngsolemnly silent
• 肃反sù fǎnto eliminate counterrevolutionaries (abbr. for 肃清反革命分子
• 肃然sù ránrespectful; solemn; awed
• 肃杀sù shāaustere; stern; harsh
• 肃立sù lìto stand respectfully; (of trees, mountains) standing tall and majestic
• 肃慎Sù shènancient ethnic group of northeast frontier of China
• 肃敬sù jìngrespectful; deferential
• 肃宁县Sù níng XiànSuning, a county in Cangzhou City 沧州市
• 肃州区Sù zhōu QūSuzhou, a district of Jiuquan City 酒泉市
• 肃反运动sù fǎn yùn dòngpurge of counterrevolutionaries…
• 肃北蒙古族自治县Sù běi Měng gǔ zú Zì zhì xiànSubei Mongol Autonomous County, in Jiuquan City 酒泉市
• 肃南裕固族自治县Sù nán Yù gù zú Zì zhì xiànSunan Yugur Autonomous County, in Zhangye City 张掖市
• 肃北Sù běisee 肃北蒙古族自治县
• 肃南Sù nánsee 肃南裕固族自治县
• 肃宁Sù níngsee 肃宁县
• 肃州Sù zhōusee 肃州区
• 肃北县Sù běi Xiànsee 肃北蒙古族自治县
• 肃南县Sù nán Xiànsee 肃南裕固族自治县

Words containing 肃

• 严肃yán sù(of an atmosphere etc) solemn; grave; serious; (of a manner etc) earnest; severe…
• 甘肃省Gān sù ShěngGansu Province, capital Lanzhou 兰州市
• 整肃zhěng sùstrict; serious; solemn
• 王肃Wáng SùWang Su (c. 195-256), classical scholar of Cao Wei dynasty, believed to have forged…
• 鲁肃Lǔ SùLu Su or Lu Zijing 鲁子敬 (172-217), statesman, diplomat and strategist of Eastern Wu 东吴
• 唐肃宗Táng Sù zōngEmperor Suzong of Tang (711-762), reign name of eighth Tang emperor Li Heng 李亨
• 孝肃Xiào sùXiaosu, posthumous name of Bao Zheng 包拯
• 甘肃柳莺Gān sù liǔ yīng(bird species of China) Gansu leaf warbler (Phylloscopus kansuensis)
• 甘肃Gān sùsee 甘肃省

Characters that look like 肃

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

• 前qiánfront; forward; ahead
• 酋qiútribal chief
• 君jūnmonarch; lord; gentleman
• 岩yáncliff; rock
• 炭tànwood charcoal; coal
• 忿fènanger; indignation; hatred

Sounds the same

Read sù, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 诉to complain; to sue; to tell
• 速fast; rapid; quick
• 塑to model (a figure) in clay; (bound form) plastic (i.e. the synthetic material)
• 素raw silk; white; plain, unadorned
• 宿lodge for the night; old; former
• 粟millet; (metonym) grain
• 溯to go upstream; to trace the source
• 夙morning; early; long-held
• 愫guileless; sincere
• 簌used in 簌簌
• 嗉the crop of a bird
• 僳used in 傈僳