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输

shū

HSK 4 Character Traditional 輸

What 输 means

1. to lose; to be beaten
2. bound formto transport
3. literaryto donate; to contribute
4. colloquialto enter (a password)

Example sentences

• 我不会输！
  I won't lose!
• 你不能输。
  You can't lose.
• 汤姆输了。
  Tom lost.
• 我要输了。
  I'm going to lose.
• 我是个输家。
  I'm a loser.
• 他们要输了。
  They were going to lose.

Words starting with 输

• 输入shū rùto import; to input
• 输出shū chūto output; to deliver (energy, data, signals etc); to export…
• 输入法shū rù fǎinput method
• 输给shū gěito lose to (sb); to be outdone by
• 输送shū sòngto transport; to convey; to deliver
• 输液shū yèintravenous infusion; to get put on an IV
• 输血shū xuèto transfuse blood; to give aid and support
• 输赢shū yíngwin or loss; outcome
• 输卵管shū luǎn guǎnFallopian tube; oviduct
• 输家shū jiāloser (as opposed to winner 赢家
• 输注shū zhùto inject; infusion
• 输球shū qiú(ball sports) to lose a match
• 输理shū lǐto be in the wrong
• 输移shū yí(sediment) transport
• 输运shū yùnto transport; transportation
• 输电shū diànelectricity transmission; to transmit electricity
• 输不起shū bù qǐto take defeat with bad grace; to be a sore loser; cannot afford to lose
• 输出品shū chū pǐnexport item; product for export
• 输出管shū chū guǎnvas efferens
• 输得起shū de qǐcan afford to lose; to take defeat with good grace
• 输水管shū shuǐ guǎnpipe; pipeline
• 输精管shū jīng guǎnvas deferens
• 输送带shū sòng dàiconveyor belt
• 输入系统shū rù xì tǒnginput system; data entry system

Words containing 输

• 运输yùn shūto transport; to carry; transportation
• 传输chuán shūto transmit; transmission
• 灌输guàn shūto imbue with; to inculcate; to instill into
• 认输rèn shūto concede; to admit defeat
• 服输fú shūto concede; to admit defeat; to admit sth is wrong after insisting it is right
• 双输shuāng shūlose-lose (situation); (of the two sides involved) to both be disadvantaged
• 传输率chuán shū lǜtransmission rate
• 传输线chuán shū xiàntransmission line
• 运输业yùn shū yètransportation industry
• 运输网yùn shū wǎngtransport network
• 运输船yùn shū chuántransport ship
• 运输量yùn shū liàngvolume of freight
• 传输控制chuán shū kòng zhìtransmission control
• 传输服务chuán shū fú wùtransport service
• 传输模式chuán shū mó shìtransfer mode; transmission method
• 传输设备chuán shū shè bèitransmission facility; transmission equipment
• 传输距离chuán shū jù lítransmission distance
• 传输通道chuán shū tōng dàotransport channel
• 传输速率chuán shū sù lǜ(computing) transmission rate; transmission speed
• 利益输送lì yì shū sòngto make use of one's position to gain profit for oneself or one's associates
• 大众运输dà zhòng yùn shūpublic transport (Tw)
• 数据传输shù jù chuán shūdata transmission
• 无形输出wú xíng shū chūinvisible export
• 管道运输guǎn dào yùn shūpipeline transport

Characters built on 俞

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

• 愉yúpleased
• 愈yùthe more...(the more...); to recover; to heal
• 逾yúto exceed; to go beyond; to transcend
• 瑜yúexcellence; luster of gems
• 喻yùto describe sth as; an analogy; a simile
• 谕yùorder (from above)
• 渝yú(literary) (of faith, affection etc) to change; to waver (usu. in 不渝
• 榆yúelm

Characters that look like 输

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

• 瑜yúexcellence; luster of gems
• 槛kǎndoor sill; threshold
• 棱léngsquare beam; variant of 棱
• 榆yúelm
• 辕yuánshaft of a cart or carriage; (bound form) entrance gate of a military camp or yamen…
• 揄yúto draw out; to let hanging

Sounds the same

Read shū, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 书book; letter; document
• 舒to stretch; to unfold; to relax
• 叔uncle; father's younger brother; husband's younger brother
• 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