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Simplified Pīnyīn		English Definition	Traditional HSK
树 shù	树 \| 树* \| *树	tree / CL: 棵 / to cultivate / to set up	樹 HSK 1


书 shū	书 \| 书* \| *书	book / letter / document / CL: 本, 冊｜册, 部 / to write	書 HSK 1


数 shǔ	数 \| 数* \| *数	to count / to count as; to regard as / to enumerate; to list	數 HSK 2


熟 shú	熟 \| 熟* \| *熟	ripe; mature / thoroughly cooked; done / familiar; acquainted / experienced; skilled / (of sleep etc) deep; profound / also pr. [shou2]	HSK 2


输 shū	输 \| 输* \| *输	to lose; to be beaten / (bound form) to transport / (literary) to donate; to contribute / (coll.) to enter (a password)	輸 HSK 3


属 shǔ	属 \| 属* \| *属	category / genus (taxonomy) / family members / dependents / to belong to / subordinate to / affiliated with / be born in the year of (one of the 12 animals) / to be / to prove to be / to constitute	屬 HSK 3


束 shù	束 \| 束* \| *束	to bind / bunch / bundle / classifier for bunches, bundles, beams of light etc / to control	HSK 3


鼠 shǔ	鼠 \| 鼠* \| *鼠	(bound form) rat; mouse	HSK 5


梳 shū	梳 \| 梳* \| *梳	to comb / (bound form) a comb	HSK 7-9


竖 shù	竖 \| 竖* \| *竖	to erect / vertical / vertical stroke (in Chinese characters)	豎 HSK 7-9


赎 shú	赎 \| 赎* \| *赎	to redeem / to ransom	贖 HSK 7-9


竖 shù	竖 \| 竖* \| *竖	variant of 豎｜竖	竪 HSK 7-9


丨 shù	丨 \| 丨* \| *丨	vertical stroke (in Chinese characters), referred to as 豎筆｜竖笔


数 shù	数 \| 数* \| *数	number; figure / several; a few	數


塾 shú	塾 \| 塾* \| *塾	private school


书 Shū	书 \| 书* \| *书	abbr. for 書經｜书经	書


叔 shū	叔 \| 叔* \| *叔	uncle / father's younger brother / husband's younger brother / Taiwan pr. [shu2]


术 shù	术 \| 术* \| *术	method / technique	術


蜀 Shǔ	蜀 \| 蜀* \| *蜀	short name for Sichuan 四川 province / one of the Three Kingdoms 三國｜三国 after the Han dynasty, also called 蜀漢｜蜀汉, situated around what is now Sichuan province


舒 Shū	舒 \| 舒* \| *舒	surname Shu


舒 shū	舒 \| 舒* \| *舒	to stretch / to unfold / to relax / leisurely


述 shù	述 \| 述* \| *述	(bound form) to state; to tell; to narrate; to relate


漱 shù	漱 \| 漱* \| *漱	to rinse one's mouth with water / to gargle


黍 shǔ	黍 \| 黍* \| *黍	broomcorn millet / glutinous millet


署 shǔ	署 \| 署* \| *署	office / bureau / (Taiwan pr. [shu4]) to sign / to arrange


孰 shú	孰 \| 孰* \| *孰	who / which / what


束 Shù	束 \| 束* \| *束	surname Shu


曙 shǔ	曙 \| 曙* \| *曙	(bound form) daybreak; dawn / Taiwan pr. [shu4]


暑 shǔ	暑 \| 暑* \| *暑	heat / hot weather / summer heat


恕 shù	恕 \| 恕* \| *恕	to forgive


戍 shù	戍 \| 戍* \| *戍	garrison


疏 Shū	疏 \| 疏* \| *疏	surname Shu


疏 shū	疏 \| 疏* \| *疏	to dredge / to clear away obstruction / thin / sparse / scanty / distant (relation) / not close / to neglect / negligent / to present a memorial to the Emperor / commentary / annotation


蜀汉 Shǔ Hàn	蜀汉 \| 蜀汉* \| *蜀汉	Shu Han (c. 200-263), Liu Bei's kingdom in Sichuan during the Three Kingdoms, claiming legitimacy as successor of Han	蜀漢


纾 shū	纾 \| 纾* \| *纾	abundant / ample / at ease / relaxed / to free from / to relieve	紓


郫县 Pí Xiàn	郫县 \| 郫县* \| *郫县	Pi County, established during the Qin dynasty after the conquest of the ancient Shu Kingdom, historically known for its cultural heritage, strategic location, and culinary contributions, administratively reorganized in 2016 as Pidu District 郫都區｜郫都区, a suburban district of Chengdu, Sichuan	郫縣


枢 shū	枢 \| 枢* \| *枢	(bound form) hinge; pivot (usu. fig.)	樞


薯 shǔ	薯 \| 薯* \| *薯	potato / yam


墅 shù	墅 \| 墅* \| *墅	villa


沭 shù	沭 \| 沭* \| *沭	river in Shandong


庶 shù	庶 \| 庶* \| *庶	(bound form) ordinary; numerous / (bound form) pertaining to a concubine (contrasted with 嫡)


蔬 shū	蔬 \| 蔬* \| *蔬	vegetables


腧 shù	腧 \| 腧* \| *腧	insertion point in acupuncture / acupoint


菽 shū	菽 \| 菽* \| *菽	legumes (peas and beans)


蜀国 Shǔguó	蜀国 \| 蜀国* \| *蜀国	Sichuan / the state of Shu in Sichuan at different periods / the Shu Han dynasty (214-263) of Liu Bei 劉備｜刘备 during the Three Kingdoms	蜀國


殊 shū	殊 \| 殊* \| *殊	(literary) to kill; to behead; to sever; to separate; to surpass / (bound form) different / (bound form) special; remarkable / (literary) very; extremely


澍 shù	澍 \| 澍* \| *澍	moisture / timely rain


倏 shū	倏 \| 倏* \| *倏	sudden / abrupt / Taiwan pr. [shu4]


阿斗 Ādǒu	阿斗 \| 阿斗* \| *阿斗	A-dou, nickname of Liu Shan 劉禪｜刘禅 (207-271), son of Liu Bei, reigned as Shu Han emperor 233-263 / (fig.) weak and inept person


漱 shù	漱 \| 漱* \| *漱	variant of 漱	潄


俞 shù	俞 \| 俞* \| *俞	variant of 腧


糬 shǔ	糬 \| 糬* \| *糬	used in 麻糬


林纾 Lín Shū	林纾 \| 林纾* \| *林纾	Lin Shu (1852-1924), writer and influential translator and adaptor of vast swathes of Western literature into Classical Chinese	林紓


殳 Shū	殳 \| 殳* \| *殳	surname Shu


殳 shū	殳 \| 殳* \| *殳	bamboo or wooden spear / Kangxi radical 79, occurring in 段, 毅, 殺｜杀 etc


翛 shù	翛 \| 翛* \| *翛	hastiness


摴 shū	摴 \| 摴* \| *摴	dice / gambling / to release


尌 shù	尌 \| 尌* \| *尌	standing up / to stand (something) up


秫 shú	秫 \| 秫* \| *秫	broomcorn millet (Panicum spp.) / Panicum italicum / glutinous millet


疏 shū	疏 \| 疏* \| *疏	variant of 疏	疎


摅 shū	摅 \| 摅* \| *摅	set forth / to spread	攄


橾 shū	橾 \| 橾* \| *橾	the hole in the center of a wheel accommodating the axle (archaic)


陎 Shū	陎 \| 陎* \| *陎	surname Shu / (name of an ancient place)


毹 shū	毹 \| 毹* \| *毹	rug


薯 shǔ	薯 \| 薯* \| *薯	variant of 薯	藷


裋 shù	裋 \| 裋* \| *裋	used in 裋褐


癙 shǔ	癙 \| 癙* \| *癙	illness caused by worry


钃 shǔ	钃 \| 钃* \| *钃	metal


庶 shù	庶 \| 庶* \| *庶	old variant of 庶	庻


杸 shū	杸 \| 杸* \| *杸	to kill / a spear


倏 shū	倏 \| 倏* \| *倏	variant of 倏	倐


倏 shū	倏 \| 倏* \| *倏	variant of 倏	儵


襡 shú	襡 \| 襡* \| *襡	short skirt or tunic


刘备 Liú Bèi	刘备 \| 刘备* \| *刘备	Liu Bei (161-223), warlord at the end of the Han dynasty and founder of the Han kingdom of Shu 蜀漢｜蜀汉 (c. 200-263), later the Shu Han dynasty	劉備


赵云 Zhào Yún	赵云 \| 赵云* \| *赵云	Zhao Yun (-229), general of Shu in Romance of the Three Kingdoms	趙雲


舒淇 Shū Qí	舒淇 \| 舒淇* \| *舒淇	Shu Qi (1976-), Taiwanese actress


忬 shū	忬 \| 忬* \| *忬	old variant of 舒 / old variant of 紓｜纾


尗 shū	尗 \| 尗* \| *尗	old variant of 菽 / old variant of 叔


马超 Mǎ Chāo	马超 \| 马超* \| *马超	Ma Chao (176-222), general of Shu in Romance of the Three Kingdoms	馬超


踈 shū	踈 \| 踈* \| *踈	variant of 疏


鼡 shǔ	鼡 \| 鼡* \| *鼡	variant of 鼠


刘禅 Liú Shàn	刘禅 \| 刘禅* \| *刘禅	Liu Shan (207-271), son of Liu Bei, reigned as Shu Han emperor 233-263 / Taiwan pr. [Liu2 Chan2]	劉禪


黄忠 Huáng Zhōng	黄忠 \| 黄忠* \| *黄忠	Huang Zhong (-220), general of Shu in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, portrayed as an old fighter	黃忠


张飞 Zhāng Fēi	张飞 \| 张飞* \| *张飞	Zhang Fei (168-221), general of Shu and blood-brother of Liu Bei in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, famous as fearsome fighter and lover of wine	張飛


赵子龙 Zhào Zǐlóng	赵子龙 \| 赵子龙* \| *赵子龙	courtesy name of Zhao Yun 趙雲｜赵云, general of Shu in Romance of the Three Kingdoms	趙子龍


紫微斗数 zǐwēidǒushù	紫微斗数 \| 紫微斗数* \| *紫微斗数	Zi Wei Dou Shu, a form of Chinese fortune-telling	紫微斗數


蜀相 Shǔxiàng	蜀相 \| 蜀相* \| *蜀相	the Prime Minister of Shu (i.e. Zhuge Liang 諸葛亮｜诸葛亮)


出师未捷身先死 chūshīwèijiéshēnxiānsǐ	出师…先死 \| 出师…先死* \| *出师…先死	"he failed to complete his quest before death" (line from the poem "The Premier of Shu" 蜀相 by Du Fu 杜甫)	出師未捷身先死


舒庆春 Shū Qìngchūn	舒庆春 \| 舒庆春* \| *舒庆春	Shu Qingchun (1899-1966), the real name of author Lao She 老舍	舒慶春


黑奴吁天录 Hēinúyùtiānlù	黑奴吁天录 \| 黑奴吁天录* \| *黑奴吁天录	Uncle Tom's Cabin, translated and adapted by Lin Shu 林紓｜林纾	黑奴籲天錄


三国演义 Sānguó Yǎnyì	三国演义 \| 三国演义* \| *三国演义	Romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong 羅貫中｜罗贯中, one of the Four Classic Novels of Chinese literature, a fictional account of the Three Kingdoms at the break-up of the Han around 200 AD, portraying Liu Bei's 劉備｜刘备 Shu Han 蜀漢｜蜀汉 as heroes and Cao Cao's 曹操 Wei 魏 as villains	三國演義


汉贼不两立 Hànzéibùliǎnglì	汉贼不两立 \| 汉贼不两立* \| *汉贼不两立	lit. Shu Han 蜀漢｜蜀汉 and Cao Wei 曹魏 cannot coexist (idiom) / fig. two enemies cannot live under the same sky / (former KMT slogan against CCP) "gentlemen and thieves cannot coexist"	漢賊不兩立


秦岭蜀栈道 Qínlǐngshǔzhàndào	秦岭蜀栈道 \| 秦岭蜀栈道* \| *秦岭蜀栈道	the Qinling plank road to Shu, a historical mountain road from Shaanxi to Sichuan	秦嶺蜀棧道


诸葛亮 Zhūgě Liàng	诸葛亮 \| 诸葛亮* \| *诸葛亮	Zhuge Liang (181-234), military leader and prime minister of Shu Han 蜀漢｜蜀汉 during the Three Kingdoms period / the main hero of the fictional Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義｜三国演义, where he is portrayed as a sage and military genius / (fig.) a mastermind	諸葛亮


俱舍宗 Jùshèzōng	俱舍宗 \| 俱舍宗* \| *俱舍宗	Kusha-shū (Japanese Buddhism school)


姝 shū	姝 \| 姝* \| *姝	pretty woman


抒 shū	抒 \| 抒* \| *抒	to express / to give expression to / variant of 紓｜纾 / to relieve


朮 shù	朮 \| 朮* \| *朮	variant of 術｜术


林琴南 Lín Qínnán	林琴南 \| 林琴南* \| *林琴南	courtesy name of Lin Shu 林紓｜林纾


淑 shū	淑 \| 淑* \| *淑	(bound form) (of women) gentle; kind; lovely; admirable / (used in given names) / Taiwan pr. [shu2]

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