HSK 6 · Work

附属 fùshǔ “affiliated” in Chinese

Traditional 附屬

What 附属 means

  1. affiliated
  2. attached
  3. subsidiary
  4. auxiliary
  5. subordinate
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • subordinating

How to say 附属

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale附fù4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale属shǔ3rd tone, dipping

附属 in a sentence

  1. 她在大学附属医院工作。

    Tā zài dàxué fùshǔ yīyuàn gōngzuò.

    She works at a university-affiliated hospital.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 这所小学是师范大学的附属学校。

    Zhè suǒ xiǎoxué shì shīfàn dàxué de fùshǔ xuéxiào.

    This primary school is attached to the teachers’ university.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 附属 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 附 (fù) with each of its parts in a different colour
附fùto add; to attach
  • 阝placeMeaning part
  • 付give · fùSound part

阝 hints at the meaning (place); 付 (fù) hints at the sound. Compare it with fù.

The character 属 (shǔ) with each of its parts in a different colour
属shǔcategory
  • 尸corpse · shīMeaning part
  • 禹legendary Hsia dynasty founder · YǔSound part

尸 hints at the meaning (corpse); 禹 (Yǔ) hints at the sound. Compare it with shǔ.

How to write 附属

附 7 strokes · 属 12 strokes

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附属 (fùshǔ) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 附属 (fùshǔ). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 附属

Words with 附

附近fùjìn · nearby附和fùhè · to echo (someone’s views)附件fùjiàn · attachment

Words with 属

属于shǔyú · to be classified as金属jīnshǔ · metal家属jiāshǔ · family member下属xiàshǔ · subordinate

More words: Work & Career

调动diàodòng · to transfer董事长dǒngshìzhǎng · chairman of the board反馈fǎnkuì · feedback副fù · deputy盖章gàizhāng · to stamp (with a seal)岗位gǎngwèi · post公关gōngguān · public relations功劳gōngláo · credit

FAQs

附属 (fùshǔ) means “affiliated” or “attached”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it fùshǔ: fù with a 4th tone, then shǔ with a 3rd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 附属 is written 附屬. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type fushu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 附属 from the suggestions. Typing fushu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
附属 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.