HSK 5 · Verbs

属于 shǔyú “to be classified as” in Chinese

Traditional 屬於

What 属于 means

  1. to be classified as
  2. to belong to
  3. to fall under (a category)

How to say 属于

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale属shǔ3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale于yú2nd tone, rising

属于 in a sentence

  1. 这辆自行车属于我。

    Zhè liàng zìxíngchē shǔyú wǒ.

    This bicycle belongs to me.

    Sentence #334535 from Tatoeba

  2. 苹果属于水果。

    Píngguǒ shǔyú shuǐguǒ.

    Apples are a kind of fruit.

    Sentence #13166876 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 她想搬出去，找个属于自己的地方。

    Tā xiǎng bānchūqù, zhǎo ge shǔyú zìjǐ de dìfang.

    She wants to move out and find a place of her own.

    Sentence #3149498 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

How 属于 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 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.

The character 于 (yú) with each of its parts in a different colour
于yúto go
  • 二two · èr
  • 亅hook · jué

How to write 属于

属 12 strokes · 于 3 strokes

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

Words related to 属于

Words with 属

金属jīnshǔ · metal家属jiāshǔ · family member附属fùshǔ · affiliated下属xiàshǔ · subordinate

Words with 于

终于zhōngyú · at last关于guānyú · about对于duìyú · regarding由于yóuyú · due to于是yúshì · thereupon位于wèiyú · to be located at善于shànyú · to be good at等于děngyú · to equal在于zàiyú · to lie in至于zhìyú · as for

More words: Common Verbs

省略shěnglüè · to leave out失去shīqù · to lose实现shíxiàn · to achieve使劲儿shǐjìnr · to exert all one’s strength甩shuǎi · to throw撕sī · to tear碎suì · to shatter缩短suōduǎn · to shorten

FAQs

属于 (shǔyú) means “to be classified as” or “to belong to”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it shǔyú: shǔ with a 3rd tone, then yú with a 2nd 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, 属于 is written 屬於. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type shuyu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 属于 from the suggestions. Typing shuyu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
属于 is an HSK 5 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 from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.