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述

shù

HSK 5 Character

What 述 means

1. bound formto state; to tell; to narrate; to relate

Example sentences

• 很难描述。
  It's really difficult to describe.
• 此人与描述相符。
  Cǐ rén yǔ miáoshù xiāngfú.
  The man corresponded to the description.
• 他重述他的问题。
  He repeated his question.
• 汤姆不喜欢复述。
  Tom doesn't like repeating himself.
• 这个描述太抽象了。
  Zhège miáoshù tài chōuxiàng le.
  This description is too abstract.
• 他给我讲述了他的一生。
  Tā gěi wǒ jiǎngshù le tā de yīshēng.
  He told me the story of his life.

Words starting with 述

• 述说shù shuōto recount; to narrate; to give an account of
• 述职shù zhíto report on one's work or duties (to a supervisor)
• 述语shù yǔpredicate

Words containing 述

• 叙述xù shùto relate (a story or information); to tell or talk about; to recount
• 陈述chén shùto state; to declare
• 阐述chǎn shùto expound (a position); to elaborate (on a topic); to treat (a subject)
• 描述miáo shùto describe; description
• 上述shàng shùaforementioned; above-mentioned
• 讲述jiǎng shùto talk about; to narrate; to give an account
• 论述lùn shùtreatise; discourse; exposition
• 表述biǎo shùto express; to articulate; to formulate
• 口述kǒu shùto dictate; to recount orally
• 记述jì shùto write an account (of events)
• 自述zì shùto recount in one's own words; autobiography; written self-introduction
• 综述zōng shùto sum up; a roundup; a general narrative
• 概述gài shùoverview
• 复述fù shùto repeat (one's own words or sb else's); (in the classroom) to paraphrase what one has…
• 引述yǐn shùto quote
• 评述píng shùto comment on; commentary
• 转述zhuǎn shùto pass on (stories); to relate
• 前述qián shùaforestated; stated above; the preceding statement
• 综上所述zōng shàng suǒ shùto summarize; to sum up
• 赘述zhuì shùto say more than is necessary; to give unnecessary details
• 简述jiǎn shùto outline; to summarize; to sketch
• 详述xiáng shùto recount
• 供述gòng shùconfession
• 传述chuán shùto relay; to retell

Characters built on 术

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

• 沭shùriver in Shandong
• 怵chùfearful; timid; to fear
• 秫shúglutinous sorghum

Characters that look like 述

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

• 送sòngto send; to deliver; to transmit; to give (as a present); to see (sb) off
• 迷míto bewilder; crazy about; fan
• 迹jì(bound form) trace; mark; vestige; clue; Taiwan pr. jī
• 逆nìcontrary; opposite; backwards
• 迸bèngto burst forth; to spurt; to crack
• 迢tiáoremote

Sounds the same

Read shù, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 数number; figure; several; a few
• 树tree; to cultivate; to set up
• 术method; technique
• 束to bind; bunch; bundle
• 墅villa
• 恕to forgive
• 竖to erect; vertical; vertical stroke (in Chinese characters)
• 庶(bound form) ordinary; numerous; (bound form) pertaining to a concubine (contrasted with 嫡
• 戍garrison
• 漱to rinse one's mouth with water; to gargle
• 沭river in Shandong
• 澍moisture; timely rain