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须

xū

HSK 3 Character Traditional 須

What 须 means

1. must
2. to have to
3. to wait

Other readings

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

• xūbeard; mustache; feeler (of an insect etc)

Example sentences

• 必须的！
  Definitely!
• 你必须走。
  You must leave.
• 这必须改。
  This must be changed.
• 我必须赢。
  I have to win.
• 你必须选。
  You have to choose.
• 我无须去。
  I don't need to go.

Words starting with 须

• 须知xū zhīkey information; instructions; it must be borne in mind
• 须臾xū yúin a flash; in a jiffy
• 须要xū yàomust; have to
• 须眉xū méiman or men (formal)
• 须子xū zifeelers (zoology); tassel (botany)
• 须根xū gēnfibrous root
• 须发xū fàhair and beard
• 须后水xū hòu shuǐaftershave
• 须毛xū máowhiskers; mustache
• 须弥Xū míMt Meru or Sumeru, sacred mountain in Buddhist and Jain tradition; Mt Xumi in Guyuan 固原
• 须弥山Xū mí shānMt Meru or Sumeru, sacred mountain in Buddhist and Jain tradition; Mt Xumi in Guyuan 固原
• 须鲸xū jīngbaleen whale; Mysticeti
• 须丸xū wánhematite Fe2O3
• 须浮鸥xū fú ōu(bird species of China) whiskered tern (Chlidonias hybrida)
• 须生xū shēngsee 老生

Words containing 须

• 必须bì xūto have to; must; compulsory
• 胡须hú xūbeard
• 无须wú xūneed not; not obliged to; not necessarily
• 莫须有mò xū yǒugroundless; baseless
• 剃须刀tì xū dāoshaver; razor
• 何须hé xūthere is no need; why should
• 根须gēn xūroots
• 布须曼人bù xū màn rénbushman (African ethnic group)
• 龙须面lóng xū miàndragon beard noodles; dragon whisker noodles
• 触须chù xūtentacles; feelers; antennae
• 木须肉mù xū ròumoo shu pork – stir-fried sliced pork with scrambled eggs, wood ear mushrooms and…
• 卷须juǎn xūtendril
• 龙须菜lóng xū càiasparagus; (Taiwan) young shoots of the chayote vine 佛手瓜
• 龙须糖lóng xū tángdragon's beard candy, a Chinese confection made from floured taffy pulled into flossy…
• 全须全尾儿quán xū quán yǐ r(Beijing dialect) intact; in one piece
• 横须贺Héng xū hèYokosuka (port and navy base in the Tokyo bay)
• 横须贺市Héng xū hè shìYokosuka city and US naval base to the west of Yokohama, Japan
• 蓄须xù xūto grow a beard
• 蓄须明志xù xū míng zhìto grow a beard as a symbol of one's determination (as Mei Lanfang 梅兰芳
• 蓝须夜蜂虎lán xū yè fēng hǔ(bird species of China) blue-bearded bee-eater (Nyctyornis athertoni)
• 不让须眉bù ràng xū méi(idiom) to compare favorably with men in terms of ability, bravery etc…
• 溜须拍马liū xū pāi mǎto smooth whiskers and pat a horse's bottom (idiom)…
• 文须雀wén xū què(bird species of China) bearded reedling (Panurus biarmicus)
• 剃须膏tì xū gāoshaving cream

Characters built on 页

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

• 预yùto advance; in advance; beforehand
• 顾gùto look after; to take into consideration; to attend to
• 颅lúforehead; skull
• 顼xūused in 颛顼; used in 顼顼; Taiwan pr. xù
• 颥rúsee 颞颥, temple (the sides of human head)

Characters that look like 须

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

• 顾gùto look after; to take into consideration; to attend to
• 顿dùnto stop; to pause; to arrange
• 颁bānto promulgate; to send out; to issue
• 烦fánto feel vexed; to bother; to trouble
• 顽wánmischievous; obstinate; to play
• 顷qǐngunit of area equal to 100 亩; a short while; a little while ago

Sounds the same

Read xū, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 需to require; to need; to want
• 虚emptiness; void; abstract theory or guiding principles
• 墟ruins; (literary) village; variant of 圩
• 嘘to exhale slowly; to hiss; hush!
• 吁sh; hush
• 戌11th earthly branch: 7-9 p.m., 9th solar month (8th October-6th November), year of the…
• 胥all; assist; to store
• 圩(dialect) country fair; country market
• 魆dim; dark; sudden; surreptitious
• 呴breathe on; yawn; roar
• 顼used in 颛顼; used in 顼顼; Taiwan pr. xù
• 旴dawn