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HSK
to recover (health, economic) / to resuscitate / anabiosis
HSK 6
variant of 復甦|复苏 / to recover (health, economic) / to resuscitate / anabiosis
HSK 6
to come to / to awaken / to regain consciousness
HSK 7-9
Suriname
Socrates (469-399 BC), Greek philosopher / José Sócrates (1957-), prime minister of Portugal (2005-2011)
Sophie (name) / Sufi
sappan wood (Caesalpinia sappan), used in Chinese medicine / administrative subdivision of banner (county) in Inner Mongolia (Mongol: arrow)
Sudetenland
Soviet Union, 1922-1991 / abbr. for Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) 蘇維埃社會主義共和國聯盟|苏维埃社会主义共和国联盟
beefsteak plant / shiso / Perilla frutescens
Wusu city in Tacheng prefecture 塔城地區|塔城地区, Xinjiang
Susan (name)
Missouri
Sujiatun District of Shenyang 瀋陽市|沈阳市, Liaoning
Soviet Russia
Suzhou 蘇州|苏州 and Hangzhou 杭州
Sudan
(loanword) sultan
Scotland Yard
Zhaosu County or Mongghulküre nahiyisi in Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture 伊犁哈薩克自治州|伊犁哈萨克自治州, Xinjiang
Soviet (council)
common perilla
Sumatra, one of the Indonesian islands
Sumer (Šumer), one of the early civilizations of the Ancient Near East
sago palm (Cycas revoluta)
tassels
Suxian, a district of Chenzhou City 郴州市, Hunan
Suleiman (name) / General Michel Suleiman (1948-), Lebanese military man and politician, president of Lebanon 2008-2014
Mosul (city in Iraq)
Soviet Communist Party / abbr. for 蘇聯共產黨|苏联共产党
Scotland
Scottish Premiership, the top division of professional football (soccer) in Scotland (abbr. for 蘇格蘭超級聯賽|苏格兰超级联赛)
Yamoussoukro (city in the Ivory Coast)
Uliastai, the Qing name for outer Mongolia
tiramisu (loanword)
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surname Su / abbr. for Soviet Union 蘇維埃|苏维埃 or 蘇聯|苏联 / abbr. for Jiangsu 江蘇|江苏 / abbr. for Suzhou 蘇州|苏州
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Perilla frutescens (Chinese basil or wild red basil) / place name / to revive / used as phonetic in transliteration
Sol (goddess)
to revive / to come back to life
Suva, capital of Fiji
Su Shi (1037-1101), aka Su Dongpo 蘇東坡|苏东坡, Song dynasty writer, calligrapher and public official, one of the Three Su's 三蘇|三苏 and one of the Eight Giants of Tang and Song Prose 唐宋八大家
Su Qin (340-284 BC), political strategist of the School of Diplomacy 縱橫家|纵横家 during the Warring States Period (475-220 BC)
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variant of 蘇|苏 / to revive
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old variant of 蘇|苏
Su Wu (140-60 BC), Han Dynasty diplomat and statesman, regarded as a model of courage and faithful service
Su Xun (1009-1066), Song essayist, one of the Three Su's 三蘇|三苏 and also one of Eight Giants 唐宋八大家
Suzhou or Soochow University (Suzhou, PRC since 1986)
Su Zhe (1039-1112), Song writer and politician, one of the Three Su's 三蘇|三苏 and also one of the Eight Giants 唐宋八大家
Zhaosu County or Mongghulküre nahiyisi in Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture 伊犁哈薩克自治州|伊犁哈萨克自治州, Xinjiang
sappanwood (Caesalpinia sappan)
baking soda
Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH) Zürich, a university
Suao Township in Yilan County 宜蘭縣|宜兰县, Taiwan
Missouri
former Soviet Union
Jiangsu cuisine
South Sudan
Suzhou Creek (river in Shanghai)
Hasselblad (camera manufacturer)
old term for Sulawesi or Celebes 蘇拉威西|苏拉威西
Su Dongpo, another name for Su Shi 蘇軾|苏轼 (1037-1101), northern Song writer and calligrapher
Zurich, Switzerland
Cthulhu, fictional cosmic entity created by writer H. P. Lovecraft
cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)
the Three Su's (famous Song dynasty writers Su Xun 蘇洵|苏洵 and his sons Su Shi 蘇軾|苏轼 and Su Zhe 蘇轍|苏辙)
Minnesota
Wusu city in Tacheng prefecture 塔城地區|塔城地区, Xinjiang
threonine (Thr), an essential amino acid
Sonid Right banner in Xilingol League 錫林郭勒盟|锡林郭勒盟, Inner Mongolia
Suez Canal
lit. there is heaven above, and there is 蘇杭|苏杭 below (idiom) / fig. the beauty and affluence of Suzhou and Hangzhou is comparable with heaven
Al-Mansur / Abu Jafar al Mansur (712-775), second Abassid caliph
Massoud (name) / Ahmed Shah Massoud (1953-2001), Tajik Afghan engineer, military man and anti-Taleban leader
baking soda; sodium bicarbonate / Taiwan pr. [xiao3su1da3]
(slang) Mary Sue (character type in fiction)
snowdrop bush (Styrax officinalis) / gum storax, used in TCM
Su Manshu (1884-1918), Chinese writer, journalist, Buddhist monk, participant in the revolutionary movement
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), 1922-1991 / abbr. to 蘇聯|苏联 Soviet Union
Suharto (1921-2008), former Indonesian general, president of the Republic of Indonesia 1967-1998
Sujiatun District of Shenyang 瀋陽市|沈阳市, Liaoning
Su Buqing (1902-2003), Chinese mathematician
Kizilsu Kyrgyz Autonomous Prefecture, in Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region 新疆維吾爾自治區|新疆维吾尔自治区
Su Tseng-chang (1947-), Taiwanese DPP politician, premier of the Republic of China (2019-)
Sucre, constitutional capital of Bolivia
(loanword) mozzarella
Scotch collie / rough collie
Suning Appliance (PRC electrical retailer)
Sonid Left banner in Xilingol League 錫林郭勒盟|锡林郭勒盟, Inner Mongolia
Sumatra (one of the Indonesian islands)
sage (herb)
Suriname, NE of South America (Tw)
Jiangsu Province, capital Nanjing 南京市 (abbr. to 蘇|苏)
(bird species of China) ruff (Calidris pugnax)

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