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苏
蘇
sū
1. Perilla frutescens (Chinese basil or wild red basil)
2. place name
3. to revive
4. used as phonetic in transliteration
Very Common • Top 1%

Character Breakdown (Single character)

苏
sū
to awaken, to revive, to resurrect; used in transliterations
HSK 6 7 丶

Compound Words (20)

三苏
SānSū
the Three Su father and sons
哈苏
Hāsū
Hasselblad (camera manufacturer)
噜苏
lūsū
see [[囉嗦|啰嗦<luōsuo>]]
噜苏
lūsu
long-winded (dialect)
啰苏
luōsū
see [[囉嗦|啰嗦<luōsuo>]]
尼苏
Nísū
Nisu (language)
复苏
fùsū
to recover (health, economic)
复苏
fùsū
variant of [[復甦|复苏<fùsū>]]
昭苏
Zhāosū
Zhaosu county or Mongghulküre nahiyisi in Ili Kazakh autonomous prefecture [[伊犁哈薩克自治州|伊犁哈萨克自治州<YīlíHāsàkèzìzhìzhōu>]], Xinjiang
江苏
Jiāngsū
Jiangsu province (Kiangsu) in southeast China, abbr. [[蘇|苏]], capital Nanjing [[南京]]
洋苏
yángsū
sage (herb)
流苏
liúsū
tassels
乌苏
Wūsū
Wusu city in Tacheng prefecture [[塔城地區|塔城地区<Tǎchéngdìqū>]], Xinjiang
苏仙
Sūxiān
Suxian district of Chenzhou city [[郴州市<Chēnzhōushì>]], Hunan
苏醒
sūxǐng
to come to
HSK 6
白苏
báisū
common perilla
紫苏
zǐsū
beefsteak plant
美苏
MěiSū
American-Soviet (tension, rapprochement etc)
苏丹
Sūdān
Sudan
苏俄
Sūé
Soviet Russia

Alternate Entries

苏
sū
see [[囉囌|啰苏<luōsū>]]
苏
sū
variant of [[蘇|苏<sū>]] / to revive
苏
Sū
surname Su / abbr. for Soviet Union [[蘇維埃|苏维埃]] or [[蘇聯|苏联]] / abbr. for Jiangsu province [[江蘇|江苏]] / abbr. for Suzhou city [[蘇州|苏州]]
苏
sū
old variant of [[蘇|苏<sū>]]

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
6
Character Frequency Rank
589
Word Frequency Rank
948 of 84,292