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Suning Appliance (PRC electrical retailer)
Scotch collie / rough collie
sago palm (Cycas revoluta)
Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (1949-), retired Indonesian general, president of the Republic of Indonesia 2004-2014
Su Tseng-chang (1947-), Taiwanese DPP politician, premier of the Republic of China (2019-)
Suzhou or Soochow University (Suzhou, PRC since 1986)
Suzhou, prefecture-level city in Jiangsu Province 江蘇省|江苏省
Su Dongpo, another name for Su Shi 蘇軾|苏轼 (1037-1101), northern Song writer and calligrapher
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
Suzhou dialect, one of the main Wu dialects 吳語|吴语
(loanword) soda / (loanword) carbonated drink; soft drink
Lake Superior, one of the Great Lakes 五大湖
(Tw) threonine
Su Manshu (1884-1918), Chinese writer, journalist, Buddhist monk, participant in the revolutionary movement
Suez Canal
Soviet-occupied area (of Eastern Europe etc)
Suharto (1921-2008), former Indonesian general, president of the Republic of Indonesia 1967-1998
old term for Sulawesi or Celebes 蘇拉威西|苏拉威西
Suva, capital of Fiji
Socrates (469-399 BC), Greek philosopher / José Sócrates (1957-), prime minister of Portugal (2005-2011)
Sol (goddess)
Sucre, constitutional capital of Bolivia
Zurich, Switzerland
Suao Township in Yilan County 宜蘭縣|宜兰县, Taiwan
Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH) Zürich, a university
Sufism (Islamic mystic tradition)
Mary, Queen of Scots (1542-87)
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
Sudirman Cup (world badminton team competition)
Sukinda, Indian city
Jiangsu cuisine
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)
Qing's 1903 suppression of revolutionary calls in newspaper 蘇報|苏报, leading to imprisonment of Zhang Taiyan 章太炎 and Zou Rong 鄒容|邹容
sappan wood (Caesalpinia sappan), used in Chinese medicine / administrative subdivision of banner (county) in Inner Mongolia (Mongol: arrow)
Suxian, a district of Chenzhou City 郴州市, Hunan
Soviet Communist Party / abbr. for 蘇聯共產黨|苏联共产党
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
Suhua Highway, coastal road in northern Taiwan, built on the side of cliffs above the Pacific Ocean
Suzhou numerals, i.e. the ten numerals 〡,〢,〣,〤,〥,〦,〧,〨,〩,〸 nowadays mainly used in traditional trades such as Chinese medicine / also called 草碼|草码
to revive / to come back to life
Soviet Russia (1917-1991)
Suzhou embroidery, one of the four major traditional styles of Chinese embroidery (the other three being 湘繡|湘绣, 粵繡|粤绣 and 蜀繡|蜀绣)
Sumatra (one of the Indonesian islands)
Sumgayit, city in Azerbaijan
Sonid Right banner in Xilingol League 錫林郭勒盟|锡林郭勒盟, Inner Mongolia
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
baking soda
Sophie (name) / Sufi
Suleiman (name) / General Michel Suleiman (1948-), Lebanese military man and politician, president of Lebanon 2008-2014
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  *蘇* | 蘇* | *蘇
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
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *蘇* | 蘇* | *蘇
Perilla frutescens (Chinese basil or wild red basil) / place name / to revive / used as phonetic in transliteration
Scottish Fold
Sonid Left banner in Xilingol League 錫林郭勒盟|锡林郭勒盟, Inner Mongolia
Suriname, NE of South America (Tw)
Sotheby's auction house
Scotland
Scotland Yard
sappan wood (Caesalpinia sappan), used in Chinese medicine
threonine (Thr), an essential amino acid
Sumer (Šumer), one of the early civilizations of the Ancient Near East
Suriname River
Soviet Russia
Su Yijian (958-997), Northern Song writer and poet
Supreme Soviet
Sumatra, one of the Indonesian islands
soda water; carbonated water
sappanwood (Caesalpinia sappan)
Soviet (council)
snowdrop bush (Styrax officinalis) / gum storax, used in TCM
Suriname
Soviet revisionism (abbr. for 蘇聯修正主義|苏联修正主义)
Sujiatun, a district of Shenyang City 瀋陽市|沈阳市, Liaoning
Susan Boyle (1961-), competitor in UK reality TV competition
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), 1922-1991 / abbr. to 蘇聯|苏联 Soviet Union
Sudetenland
Sulawesi or Celebes (Indonesian Island)
Suao Township in Yilan County 宜蘭縣|宜兰县, Taiwan
Suzhou Creek (river in Shanghai)
Susan (name)
Soviet Union friendly society
soda biscuit; soda cracker; saltine
Suzhou 蘇州|苏州 and Hangzhou 杭州
Sudan
(loanword) sultan
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)
bonnet
Su Wu (140-60 BC), Han Dynasty diplomat and statesman, regarded as a model of courage and faithful service
Su Buqing (1902-2003), Chinese mathematician


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