竖 shù

perpendicular, vertical; erect

HSK 6 #2505

DEFINITIONS

竖 shù
  • variant of 豎|竖[shu4]
  • to erect
  • vertical
  • vertical stroke (in Chinese characters)

STROKES

竖 stroke order diagram
竖 stroke order animation

WORDS

竖起 shù qǐ to erect (a tent etc); to prick up (one's ears); to raise (one's eyebrows); to stick up (one's thumb); to turn up (one's collar); (of a bird) to puff up (one's feathers)
竖琴 shù qín harp
横竖 héng shu anyway
竖立 shù lì to erect; to set upright; to stand
竖井 shù jǐng vertical shaft (for mining, ventilation systems etc)
横七竖八 héng qī shù bā in disorder; at sixes and sevens (idiom)
横三竖四 héng sān shù sì in disorder; in a tremendous mess
横挑鼻子竖挑眼 héng tiāo bí zi shù tiāo yǎn to pick on sth incessantly (idiom); to criticize right and left
横眉竖眼 héng méi shù yǎn to scowl fiercely; to glare
横说竖说 héng shuō shù shuō to explain sth over and over again; to repeat
横竖劲儿 héng shù jìn r firmness of determination
横躺竖卧 héng tǎng shù wò to lie down all over the place; exhausted and in disarray
竖式 shù shì standing; vertical
竖弯钩 shù wān gōu 乚 stroke in Chinese characters
竖折 shù zhé (downwards-starting right angle character stroke)
竖提 shù tí stroke𠄌 in Chinese characters (e.g. 以[yi3])
竖直 shù zhí vertical; to erect; to set upright; vertical stroke in Chinese characters; young servant (old)
竖笛 shù dí recorder; (Tw) clarinet
竖笔 shù bǐ vertical stroke (in Chinese characters)
竖起大拇指 shù qǐ dà mu zhǐ to give a thumbs-up; to express one's approval
竖起耳朵 shù qǐ ěr duo to prick up one's ears; to strain to hear sth
竖钩 shù gōu vertical stroke with a hook at the end (in Chinese characters)
阉竖 yān shù eunuch (contemptuous appellation)
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