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遂

suì

Character

What 遂 means

1. to satisfy
2. to succeed
3. then
4. thereupon
5. finally
6. unexpectedly
7. to proceed
8. to reach

Other readings

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

• suíused in {半身不遂|bàn shēn bù suí}; Taiwan pr. suì

Example sentences

• 我曾两次试图自杀未遂。
  Wǒ céng liǎng cì shìtú zìshā wèisuì.
  Twice I have tried to kill myself.

Words starting with 遂

• 遂心suì xīnto one's liking
• 遂意suì yìto one's liking
• 遂愿suì yuànto have one's wish fulfilled
• 遂宁市Suì níng ShìSuining, prefecture-level city in Sichuan Province 四川省
• 遂川县Suì chuān XiànSuichuan, a county in Ji'an City 吉安市
• 遂平县Suì píng XiànSuiping, a county in Zhumadian City 驻马店市
• 遂昌县Suì chāng XiànSuichang, a county in Lishui City 丽水市
• 遂溪县Suì xī XiànSuixi, a county in Zhanjiang City 湛江市
• 遂心如意suì xīn rú yìtotally satisfying
• 遂宁Suì níngsee 遂宁市
• 遂川Suì chuānsee 遂川县
• 遂平Suì píngsee 遂平县
• 遂昌Suì chāngsee 遂昌县
• 遂溪Suì xīsee 遂溪县

Words containing 遂

• 未遂wèi suìto fail to accomplish; unsuccessful (attempt); abortive (coup d'état)…
• 不遂bù suìto fail; to fail to materialize; not to get one's way
• 毛遂Máo SuìMao Sui (third century BC), who proverbially offered his services to the King of Chu 楚…
• 顺遂shùn suìeverything is going smoothly; just as one wishes
• 半身不遂bàn shēn bù suíparalysis of one side of the body; hemiplegia
• 径情直遂jìng qíng zhí suìto achieve one's ambitions (idiom)
• 杀人未遂shā rén wèi suìattempted murder
• 毛遂自荐Máo Suì zì jiànMao Sui recommends himself (idiom); to offer one's services…
• 褚遂良Chǔ Suì liángChu Suiliang (596-659), one of Four Great Calligraphers of early Tang 唐初四大家

Characters that look like 遂

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

• 逼bīto force (sb to do sth); to compel; to press for
• 蓬péngfleabane (family Asteraceae); disheveled; classifier for luxuriant plants, smoke, ashes…
• 遏èto restrain; to check; to hold back
• 媛yuánused in 婵媛
• 遢tāused in 邋遢; Taiwan pr. tà
• 遁dùnto evade; to flee; to escape

Sounds the same

Read suì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 岁classifier for years (of age); year; year (of crop harvests)
• 碎(transitive or intransitive) to break into pieces; to shatter; to crumble; broken…
• 隧tunnel; underground passage
• 穗ear of grain; tassel; fringe
• 祟evil spirit
• 邃deep; distant; mysterious
• 燧(bound form) material or tool used to light a fire by means of friction or the sun's…
• 谇abuse
• 繐fine and loose cloth; tassel
• 襚grave-clothes
• 睟bright eye; clear
• 璲pendant girdle-ornaments