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述
shù
1. to state
2. to tell
3. to narrate
4. to relate
Very Common • Top 4% ✏️ 9 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

述
shù
to express, to state; to narrate, to tell
HSK 5 8 丶

Compound Words (20)

上述
shàngshù
aforementioned
传述
chuánshù
to relay
前述
qiánshù
aforestated
口述
kǒushù
to dictate
引述
yǐnshù
to quote
复述
fùshù
to repeat (one's own words or sb else's)
描述
miáoshù
to describe
提述
tíshù
to refer to
叙述
xùshù
to relate (a story or information)
HSK 5
概述
gàishù
overview
申述
shēnshù
to state
简述
jiǎnshù
to outline
综述
zōngshù
to sum up
缕述
lǚshù
to relate in detail
继述
jìshù
(literary) to carry on
自述
zìshù
to recount in one's own words
著述
zhùshù
writing
表述
biǎoshù
to formulate
覆述
fùshù
to state again
记述
jìshù
to write an account (of events)

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
5
Character Frequency Rank
673
Word Frequency Rank
3,480 of 84,292