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舒

shū

HSK 3 Character

What 舒 means

1. to stretch
2. to unfold
3. to relax
4. leisurely

Other readings

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

• Shūsurname Shu

Example sentences

• 坐得舒服。
  Sit comfortably.
• 我感觉不舒服。
  I don't feel well.
• 我有点不舒服。
  I'm not quite well.
• 我感觉很舒服。
  I felt comfortable.
• 你哪儿不舒服？
  Where do you feel uncomfortable?
• 真让人不舒服。
  It's very uncomfortable.

Words starting with 舒

• 舒服shū fucomfortable; feeling well
• 舒适shū shìcozy; snug
• 舒畅shū chànghappy; entirely free from worry
• 舒展shū zhǎnto roll out; to extend; to smooth out
• 舒缓shū huǎnto ease (tension); to relax; to cause sth to relax
• 舒坦shū tancomfortable; at ease
• 舒舒服服shū shu fu fucomfortable; with ease
• 舒马赫Shū mǎ hèMichael Schumacher (1969-), former German racing driver
• 舒心shū xīncomfortable; happy
• 舒淇Shū QíShu Qi (1976-), Taiwanese actress
• 舒张shū zhāngto relax and expand; (physiology) diastole
• 舒气shū qìto heave a sigh of relief; to get one's breath back; to vent one's spleen
• 舒张压shū zhāng yādiastolic blood pressure
• 舒兰市Shū lán ShìShulan, a county-level city in Jilin City 吉林市
• 舒适区shū shì qūcomfort zone
• 舒适音shū shì yīncomfortable voice (well within one's range of pitch)
• 舒梦兰Shū Mèng lánShu Menglan (1759-1835), Qin dynasty writer, poet and editor of Anthology of ci poems…
• 舒庆春Shū Qìng chūnShu Qingchun (1899-1966), the real name of author Lao She 老舍
• 舒适圈shū shì quāncomfort zone
• 舒城县Shū chéng XiànShucheng, a county in Lu'an City 六安市
• 舒肤佳Shū fū jiāSafeguard (brand)
• 舒肥法shū féi fǎ(Taiwan; loanword) sous vide
• 舒眠shū miánto sleep well; to get restful sleep; (medicine) to be anesthetized
• 舒眠键shū mián jiànsleep mode button (on the remote control of an air conditioner)

Words containing 舒

• 安舒ān shūat peace; relaxed; serene
• 不舒服bù shū fuunwell; feeling ill; to feel uncomfortable
• 不舒适bù shū shìuncomfortable
• 希舒美Xī shū měiZithromax (brand name for the antibiotic azithromycin 阿奇霉素
• 图木舒克Tú mù shū kèTumxuk shehiri (Tumshuq city) or Túmùshūkè subprefecture level city in west Xinjiang
• 图木舒克市Tú mù shū kè shìTumxuk shehiri (Tumshuq city) or Túmùshūkè subprefecture level city in west Xinjiang
• 宽舒kuān shūhappy; carefree
• 董仲舒Dǒng Zhòng shūDong Zhongshu (179-104 BC), philosopher influential in establishing Confucianism as the…
• 安闲舒适ān xián shū shìleisurely and free (idiom); carefree and at ease
• 心脏舒张压xīn zàng shū zhāng yādiastolic blood pressure
• 西蒙·舒斯特Xī měng · Shū sī tèSimon and Schuster, US publisher

Characters built on 予

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

• 预yùto advance; in advance; beforehand
• 序xù(bound form) order; sequence; (bound form) introductory; initial; preface
• 豫yùhappy; carefree; at one's ease
• 抒shūto express; to give expression to; variant of 纾
• 纾shūabundant; ample; at ease
• 妤yúused in 婕妤
• 杼zhùshuttle of a loom

Characters that look like 舒

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

• 锯jùa saw; to saw
• 鄙bǐrustic; low; base
• 颌hé(bound form) jaw
• 铠kǎiarmor
• 铿kēng(onomatopoeia) clang; jingling of metals; to strike
• 铪hāhafnium (chemistry)

Sounds the same

Read shū, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 书book; letter; document
• 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
• 疏to dredge; to clear away obstruction; thin
• 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