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酥

sū

Character

What 酥 means

1. flaky pastry
2. crunchy
3. limp
4. soft
5. silky

Example sentences

• 我把起酥油涂抹在鹿肉上。
  I daub the venison with shortening.

Words starting with 酥

• 酥油茶sū yóu chábutter tea (Tibetan, Mongolian etc drink derived from milk)
• 酥油sū yóubutter
• 酥脆sū cuìcrisp (of food)
• 酥软sū ruǎnweak (of body or limbs); limp; gone soft
• 酥酪sū làoyogurt; curd cheese
• 酥松sū sōngloose (soil, or limbs of a relaxed person etc); flaky (pastry etc)
• 酥麻sū málimp and numb (of limbs)
• 酥油花sū yóu huābutter sculpture (Tibetan art form using paint derived from milk products)
• 酥松油脂sū sōng yóu zhīshortening (fat used in cooking cakes)

Words containing 酥

• 奶酥nǎi sūbutter biscuit; butter bun
• 香酥xiāng sūcrisp-fried
• 耶酥会Yē sū huìthe Society of Jesus; the Jesuits
• 蛋奶酥dàn nǎi sūsoufflé
• 蝴蝶酥hú dié sūcrispy short-crust pastry; mille-feuilles
• 凤梨酥fèng lí sūpineapple cake, traditional Taiwanese sweet pastry
• 盐酥鸡yán sū jīTaiwan-style popcorn chicken
• 耶酥会士Yē sū huì shìa Jesuit
• 牛脷酥niú lì sūox tongue pastry, oval Guangdong pastry made of fried dough, resembling an ox tongue
• 耶酥Yē sūvariant of 耶稣
• 咸酥鸡xián sū jīsee 盐酥鸡

Characters built on 禾

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

• 租zūto hire; to rent; to charter
• 稣sūarchaic variant of 苏; to revive
• 穆mùsolemn; reverent; calm
• 秃tūbald (lacking hair or feathers); barren; bare; denuded; blunt (lacking a point)
• 黍shǔbroomcorn millet; glutinous millet
• 秫shúglutinous sorghum
• 稃fūhusk; outside shell of grain

Characters that look like 酥

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

• 群qúngroup; crowd; flock, herd, pack etc
• 稣sūarchaic variant of 苏; to revive
• 辞cíto resign; to dismiss; to decline
• 眸móupupil (of the eye); eye
• 酝yùnto brew
• 赈zhènto provide relief; to aid

Sounds the same

Read sū, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 苏used in 噜苏
• 稣archaic variant of 苏; to revive
• 窣used in 窸窣; Taiwan pr. sù