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shù
HSK 2.0 Level 6 HSK 3.0 Level 3

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Definitions

  1. 1. to bind
  2. 2. bunch
  3. 3. bundle
  4. 4. classifier for bunches, bundles, beams of light etc
  5. 5. to control

Example Sentences

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Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 13206691)

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Words Containing 束

束发
shù fà

to tie up one's hair

约束力
yuē shù lì

(of a contract) binding (law)

束手待死
shù shǒu dài sǐ

hands tied and expecting the worst

电子束
diàn zǐ shù

beam of electrons

结束
jié shù

termination

束衣
shù yī

corset (clothing)

案兵束甲
àn bīng shù jiǎ

to rest weapons and loosen armor (idiom); to relax from fighting

木骨都束
mù gǔ dū shù

Chinese name for African kingdom in Somalia, cf Mogadishu 摩加迪沙

装束
zhuāng shù

attire

束手
shù shǒu

to have one's hands tied

束狭
shù xiá

narrow (of waterway)

管束
guǎn shù

to exercise control over

波束
bō shù

beam

光束
guāng shù

light beam

束腹
shù fù

corset

束线带
shù xiàn dài

cable tie

法律约束力
fǎ lǜ yuē shù lì

legal force (i.e. binding in law)

集束炸弹
jí shù zhà dàn

cluster bomb

粒子束
lì zǐ shù

beam of elementary particles

束腰
shù yāo

girdle

束手就擒
shù shǒu jiù qín

hands tied and waiting to be captured

约束
yuē shù

to restrict

行将结束
xíng jiāng jié shù

approaching the end

约束条件
yuē shù tiáo jiàn

restrictive condition

受约束
shòu yuē shù

restricted

不加拘束
bù jiā jū shù

unrestricted

束装
shù zhuāng

to bundle up (one's possessions for a journey)

结束工作
jié shù gōng zuò

to finish work

束身内衣
shù shēn nèi yī

corset

未结束
wèi jié shù

unfinished

集束
jí shù

to cluster

无拘无束
wú jū wú shù

free and unconstrained (idiom); unfettered

拘束
jū shù

to restrict

检束
jiǎn shù

to regulate

束之高阁
shù zhī gāo gé

tied up in a bundle on a high shelf

拘束衣
jū shù yī

straightjacket

束紧
shù jǐn

gird

束手无策
shù shǒu wú cè

lit. to have one's hands bound and be unable to do anything about it (idiom); fig. helpless in the face of a crisis

束手待毙
shù shǒu dài bì

to wait helplessly for death (idiom)

维管束植物
wéi guǎn shù zhí wù

vascular plants

结束语
jié shù yǔ

concluding remarks

束身
shù shēn

to bind oneself

散束
sàn shù

scattering of bundle (of electrons in vacuum tube)

多束
duō shù

multibeam (e.g. laser)

束缚
shù fù

to bind

花束
huā shù

bouquet

维管束
wéi guǎn shù

vascular bundle (botany)

束脩
shù xiū

(literary) salary of a private tutor

束手就毙
shù shǒu jiù bì

hands tied and expecting the worst

胶束
jiāo shù

micelle (chemistry)

收束
shōu shù

to constrict