HSK 5 · Verbs

叙述 xùshù “to relate (a story or information)” in Chinese

Traditional 敘述

What 叙述 means

  1. to relate (a story or information)
  2. to tell or talk about
  3. to recount
  4. narration
  5. telling
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • narrative

How to say 叙述

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale叙xù4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale述shù4th tone, falling

叙述 in a sentence

  1. 详细叙述一下这起事故吧。

    Xiángxì xùshù yíxià zhè qǐ shìgù ba.

    Describe the accident in detail.

    Sentence #373470 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 叙述 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 叙 (xù) with each of its parts in a different colour
叙xùto narrate
  • 余surplus · yúSound part
  • 又again · yòuMeaning part

又 hints at the meaning (again); 余 (yú) hints at the sound. Compare it with xù.

The character 述 (shù) with each of its parts in a different colour
述shùto state; to tell; to narrate; to relate
  • 术skill · shùSound part
  • 辶walking form of 辵 · chuòMeaning part

辶 hints at the meaning (walking); 术 (shù) hints at the sound. Compare it with shù.

How to write 叙述

叙 9 strokes · 述 8 strokes

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

Words related to 叙述

Words with 述

阐述chǎnshù · to expound陈述chénshù · to state

More words: Thinking & Talking

信任xìnrèn · to trust欣赏xīnshǎng · to appreciate形容xíngróng · to describe吸取xīqǔ · to absorb宣布xuānbù · to declare宣传xuānchuán · to publicise询问xúnwèn · to inquire演讲yǎnjiǎng · speech

FAQs

叙述 (xùshù) means “to relate (a story or information)” or “to tell or talk about”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it xùshù: xù with a 4th tone, then shù with a 4th 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, 叙述 is written 敘述. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type xushu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 叙述 from the suggestions. Typing xushu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
叙述 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.