book / letter / document / CL: 本, 冊｜册, 部 / to write

tree / CL: 棵 / to cultivate / to set up

to lose; to be beaten / (bound form) to transport / (literary) to donate; to contribute / (coll.) to enter (a password)

to count / to count as; to regard as / to enumerate; to list

number; figure / several; a few

to erect / vertical / vertical stroke (in Chinese characters)

to bind / bunch / bundle / classifier for bunches, bundles, beams of light etc / to control

variant of 豎｜竖

abbr. for 書經｜书经

office / bureau / (Taiwan pr. [shu4]) to sign / to arrange

vertical stroke (in Chinese characters), referred to as 豎筆｜竖笔

surname Shu

to stretch / to unfold / to relax / leisurely

(bound form) ordinary; numerous / (bound form) pertaining to a concubine (contrasted with 嫡)

(bound form) rat; mouse

to state / to tell / to narrate / to relate

who / which / what

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

abundant / ample / at ease / relaxed / to free from / to relieve

a comb / to comb

vegetables

uncle / father's younger brother / husband's younger brother / Taiwan pr. [shu2]

surname Shu

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

warm and virtuous / (used in given names) / Taiwan pr. [shu2]

heat / hot weather / summer heat

to rinse one's mouth with water / to gargle

potato / yam

to forgive

sudden / abrupt / Taiwan pr. [shu4]

variant of 術｜术

broomcorn millet (Panicum spp.) / Panicum italicum / glutinous millet

different / unique / special / very / (classical) to behead / to die / to cut off / to separate / to surpass

daybreak / dawn / the dawn of a new epoch (metaphor) / Taiwan pr. [shu4]

the hole in the center of a wheel accommodating the axle (archaic)

short skirt or tunic

to redeem / to ransom

garrison

moisture / timely rain

variant of 腧

Zi Wei Dou Shu, a form of Chinese fortune-telling

courtesy name of Zhao Yun 趙雲｜赵云, general of Shu in Romance of the Three Kingdoms

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

illness caused by worry

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

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

acmite

broomcorn millet / glutinous millet

surname Shu / (name of an ancient place)

hastiness

a kind of sackcloth

rug

set forth / to spread

Shu Han (c. 200-263), Liu Bei's kingdom in Sichuan during the Three Kingdoms, claiming legitimacy as successor of Han

used in 麻糬

coarse clothing of camel's hair

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

to kill / a spear

Ma Chao (176-222), general of Shu in Romance of the Three Kingdoms

ripe; mature / thoroughly cooked; done / familiar; acquainted / experienced; skilled / (of sleep etc) deep; profound / also pr. [shou2]

variant of 疏

to express / to give expression to / variant of 紓｜纾 / to relieve

Liu Shan (207-271), son of Liu Bei, reigned as Shu Han emperor 233-263 / Taiwan pr. [Liu2 Chan2]

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

villa

method / technique

variant of 倏

(bound form) hinge; pivot (usu. fig.)

surname Shu

private school

archaic variant of 菽 / archaic variant of 叔

variant of 疏

pretty woman

variant of 薯

old variant of 庶

variant of 漱

Shu Qi (1976-), Taiwanese actress

courtesy name of Lin Shu 林紓｜林纾

variant of 鼠

variant of 倏

Lin Shu (1852-1924), writer and influential translator and adaptor of vast swathes of Western literature into Classical Chinese

old variant of 舒 / old variant of 紓｜纾

surname Shu

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

Huang Zhong (-220), general of Shu in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, portrayed as an old fighter

Guan Yu (-219), general of Shu and blood-brother of Liu Bei in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, fearsome fighter famous for virtue and loyalty / posthumously worshipped and identified with the guardian Bodhisattva Sangharama

standing up / to stand (something) up

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"

metal

legumes (peas and beans)

dice / gambling / to release

insertion point in acupuncture / acupoint

foot

Kusha-shū (Japanese Buddhism school)

Uncle Tom's Cabin, translated and adapted by Lin Shu 林紓｜林纾

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

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

Zhao Yun (-229), general of Shu in Romance of the Three Kingdoms

"he failed to complete his quest before death" (line from the poem "The Premier of Shu" 蜀相 by Du Fu 杜甫)

river in Shandong