须 Definitions — Dong Chinese Dictionary

xū HSK2

must

须 (須) xū frequency

must adverb: to have to; to be required or necessary; 这种药须饭后服用。

zhè zhǒng yào xū fàn hòu fúyòng.

This medicine must be taken after meals.

须 (鬚) xū

beard noun: beard, mustache, or facial hair on a human face; 这位老人的长须一直垂到了胸前。

zhè wèi lǎorén de cháng xū yīzhí chuí dào le xiōng qián.

The old man's long beard hung down to his chest.

feeler noun: antenna or feeler of an insect, fish, or crustacean; 龙虾的须非常长。

lóngxiā de xū fēicháng cháng.

Lobsters have very long antennae.

tassel noun: tassel or fringe-like ornamentation; 这面旗子的边缘缀有红色的须。

zhè miàn qízi de biānyuán zhuìyǒu hóngsè de xū.

The edge of this flag is trimmed with red tassels.

Frequency

Character

Written text: 444th most common 490.4 per million
Movie subtitles: 355th most common 425.8 per million appears in 81% of films

Word

Movie subtitles: 8.14 per million appears in 3% of films
Written text: 41.7 per million

Details

HSK 2.0: Level 3
HSK 3.0: Level 2
Traditional: 須鬚
Strokes: 9
Unicode: U+987B

Sources

Definitions: CC-CEDICT
Frequency data: MTSU Chinese text computing SUBTLEX-CH BCC Corpus (BLCU)