酥
sū HSK7

butter

酥 sū
crunchy adjective
crisp and flaky in texture, especially of fried food or baked goods

这种饼干吃起来非常香酥。

zhè zhǒng bǐng​gān chī qi​lai fēi​cháng xiāng sū.

This biscuit tastes very crisp and fragrant.

pastry noun
shortbread or a type of flaky snack

他送给我一盒好吃的凤梨酥。

tā sòng​gěi wǒ yī hé hǎo​chī de fèng​lí sū.

He gave me a box of delicious pineapple cakes.

limp adjective
feeling weak, numb, or powerless in the limbs or body

听了这话，她全身都酥软了。

tīng le zhè huà, tā quán​shēn dōu sū ruǎn le.

Hearing this, her whole body went limp.

Frequency
Character
Written text
3,516th most common 5.24 per million
Movie subtitles
2,797th most common 4.93 per million appears in 2% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
3.13 per million appears in 1% of films
Written text
8.49 per million

Details
HSK 3.0
Level 7
Strokes
12
Unicode
U+9165

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)