HSK 6 · Function Words

束 shù “bunch” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 束 means

  1. bunch
  2. bundle (measure word)
  3. to tie
  4. to bind
  5. bundle
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • classifier for bunches, bundles, beams of light etc
  • to control

How to say 束

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale束shù4th tone, falling

束 in a sentence

  1. 他送了我一束鲜花。

    Tā sòng le wǒ yí shù xiānhuā.

    He gave me a bunch of flowers.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 一束阳光从窗户照了进来。

    Yí shù yángguāng cóng chuānghu zhào le jìnlái.

    A beam of sunlight came in through the window.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 束 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 束 (shù) with each of its parts in a different colour
束shùto bind
  • 木tree · mù
  • 口mouth · kǒu

How to write 束

束 7 strokes

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

Words related to 束

Words with 束

结束jiéshù · to end束缚shùfù · to restrict约束yuēshù · to restrain拘束jūshù · ill at ease

More words: Function Words & Grammar

若干ruògān · a certain number啥shá · what (informal)尚且shàngqiě · even势必shìbì · bound to艘sōu · measure word for boats and ships索性suǒxìng · might as well倘若tǎngruò · if特意tèyì · specially

FAQs

束 (shù) means “bunch” or “bundle (measure word)”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it shù: shù with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 束 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type shu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 束 from the suggestions. Typing shu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
束 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.