隨
suíSuí HSK3

follow

随 (隨) suí frequency
follow verb
to follow behind or move in the same direction as another

大家都随他走进了教室。

dà​jiā dōu suí tā zǒu​jìn le jiào​shì.

Everyone followed him into the classroom.

vary preposition
to change or adjust according to specific circumstances

价格随季节的变化而变动。

jià​gé suí jì​jié de biàn​huà ér biàn​dòng.

Prices fluctuate with the seasons.

allow verb
to let someone have their way or act as they wish

随他去吧，我们不用管。

suí tā qù ba, wǒ​men bù yòng guǎn.

Let him be; we don't need to bother with it.

comply verb
to obey, adapt to, or act in accordance with rules or customs

入乡随俗是很有必要的。

rù​xiāng​suí​sú shì hěn yǒu bì​yào de.

It is necessary to do as the Romans do when in Rome.

subsequently preposition
occurring immediately after or in sequence

这位医生工作非常负责，病人随叫随到。

zhè wèi yī​shēng gōng​zuò fēi​cháng fù​zé, bìng​rén suí jiào suí​dào.

This doctor is very responsible and is on call for his patients at any time.

随 (隨) Suí
Sui proper name
surname Sui

他姓随。

tā xìng Suí.

His surname is Sui.

Cross-References

Has old variant

Frequency
Character
Written text
498th most common 426.9 per million
Movie subtitles
539th most common 261.5 per million appears in 76% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
59.6 per million appears in 23% of films
Written text
269.5 per million

Details
HSK 3.0
Level 3
Simplified
随
Strokes
14
Unicode
U+96A8

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