须

Must in Chinese: 须 (xū)

xū

must

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 須1 example sentence

Definitions

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

Stroke order

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须

Zhuyin

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ㄒㄩ

xū

ㄒ/ xㄩ/ ü—/ first tone

Simplified & traditional

须

Simplified

須

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 报名的人须先交这张表。

    bào míng de rén xū xiān jiāo zhè zhāng biǎo。

    Those who sign up must first hand in this form.

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Related words

必须

bì xū

to have to

胡须

hú xū

beard

无须

wú xū

need not

虚

xū

emptiness

虚构

xū gòu

to make up

虚幻

xū huàn

imaginary

虚假

xū jiǎ

false

虚拟

xū nǐ

to imagine

虚弱

xū ruò

weak

虚伪

xū wěi

false

需

xū

to require

徐徐

xú xú

slowly

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