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虽

suī

HSK 2 Character Traditional 雖

What 虽 means

1. although
2. even though

Example sentences

• 他虽然穷，却很幸福。
  Even though he's poor, he's happy.
• 虽然我没在火车上睡觉。
  Suīrán wǒ méi zài huǒchē shàng shuìjiào.
  Although I haven't slept on the train.
• 他虽年轻，但十分英明。
  Tā suī niánqīng, dàn shífēn yīngmíng.
  Though young, he is wise.
• 他虽然年轻却很值得信赖。
  Tā suīrán niánqīng què hěn zhídexìnlài.
  He might be young but he's trustworthy.
• 我哥哥虽然矮小可是很强壮。
  Wǒ gēge suīrán ǎixiǎo kěshì hěn qiángzhuàng.
  My brother is small but strong.
• 虽然他很有钱，但他不幸福。
  He's rich, but he isn't happy.

Words starting with 虽

• 虽然suī ránalthough; even though (often used correlatively with 可是
• 虽说suī shuōthough; although
• 虽则suī zénevertheless; although
• 虽是suī shìalthough; even though; even if
• 虽迟但到suī chí dàn dào(slang) slow to arrive but eventually shows up
• 虽败犹荣suī bài yóu rónghonorable even in defeat (idiom)
• 虽死犹荣suī sǐ yóu rónglit. although dead, also honored; died a glorious death
• 虽死犹生suī sǐ yóu shēnglit. although dead, as if still alive (idiom); still with us in spirit

Words containing 虽

• 话虽如此huà suī rú cǐbe that as it may
• 秤砣虽小压千斤chèng tuó suī xiǎo yā qiān jīnalthough small, a steelyard weight may tip a hundred pounds (idiom)…
• 牡丹虽好，全仗绿叶扶mǔ dan suī hǎo , quán zhàng lǜ yè fúAlthough the peony is beautiful, it depends entirely on help from the green leaves…
• 牡丹虽好，全仗绿叶扶持mǔ dan suī hǎo , quán zhàng lǜ yè fú chíAlthough the peony is beautiful, it depends entirely on help from the green leaves…
• 牡丹虽好，全凭绿叶扶持mǔ dan suī hǎo , quán píng lǜ yè fú chíAlthough the peony is beautiful, it depends entirely on help from the green leaves…
• 牡丹虽好，终须绿叶扶持mǔ dan suī hǎo , zhōng xū lǜ yè fú chíAlthough the peony is beautiful, it depends entirely on help from the green leaves…
• 麻雀虽小，五脏俱全má què suī xiǎo , wǔ zàng jù quánthe sparrow may be small but all its vital organs are there (idiom)…

Characters built on 口

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

• 嘴zuǐmouth; beak; nozzle
• 吹chuīto blow; to play a wind instrument; to blast
• 喙huìbeak; snout; mouth
• 啐cuìto spit; (onomatopoeia) pshaw!; (old) to sip
• 喹kuíused in 喹啉
• 喟kuìto sigh
• 哕huìused in 哕哕

Characters that look like 虽

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

• 昌chāng(bound form) prosperous; flourishing
• 茜qiàn(bound form) Indian madder; munjeet (Rubia cordifolia); (bound form) madder red…
• 晟shèngbrightness of sun; splendor; also pr. chéng
• 孬nāo(dialect) contracted form of 不好
• 莴wōused in 莴苣; used in 莴笋
• 莪ézedoary (Curcuma zedoaria), plant rhizome similar to turmeric

Sounds the same

Read suī, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 尿(colloquial) urine
• 睢to stare
• 眭to have a deep or piercing gaze
• 荽coriander
• 濉name of a river
• 芕a kind of medicinal herb
• 浽see 浽溦
• 夊see 夂