苏 sū

revive, resurrect; a species of thyme; transliteration of 'Soviet'

HSK 6 #590

DEFINITIONS

  • revive, resurrect
  • a species of thyme
  • transliteration of 'Soviet'
  • see 囉囌|啰苏[luo1 su1]
  • variant of 蘇|苏[su1]
  • to revive
  • surname Su
  • abbr. for Soviet Union 蘇維埃|苏维埃 or 蘇聯|苏联
  • abbr. for Jiangsu province 江蘇|江苏
  • abbr. for Suzhou city 蘇州|苏州
  • Perilla frutescens (Chinese basil or wild red basil)
  • place name
  • used as phonetic in transliteration
  • old variant of 蘇|苏[su1]

STROKES

WORDS

美苏 měi sū American-Soviet (tension, rapprochement etc)
翁山苏姬 wēng shān sū jī see 昂山素季[Ang2 Shan1 Su4 Ji4]
苏伊士河 sū yī shì hé the Suez canal
苏伊士运河 sū yī shì yùn hé Suez Canal
苏占区 sū zhàn qū Soviet-occupied area (of Eastern Europe etc)
苏克雷 sū kè léi Sucre, constitutional capital of Bolivia
苏共 sū gòng Soviet Communist Party; abbr. for 蘇聯共產黨|苏联共产党[Su1 lian2 Gong4 chan3 dang3]
苏利南 sū lì nán Suriname, NE of South America (Tw)
苏台德地区 sū tái dé dì qū Sudetenland
苏合香 sū hé xiāng snowdrop bush (Styrax officinalis); gum storax, used in TCM
苏哈托 sū hā tuō Suharto (1921-2008), former Indonesian general, president of the Republic of Indonesia 1967-1998
苏报案 sū bào àn Qing's 1903 suppression of revolutionary calls in newspaper 蘇報|苏报, leading to imprisonment of Zhang Taiyan 章太炎 and Zou Rong 鄒容|邹容
苏姆盖特 sū mǔ gài tè Sumgayit, city in Azerbaijan
苏富比 sū fù bǐ Sotheby's auction house
苏宁电器 sū níng diàn qì Suning Appliance (PRC electrical retailer)
苏尼特右旗 sū ní tè yòu qí Sonid Right banner in Xilin Gol league 錫林郭勒盟|锡林郭勒盟[Xi1 lin2 guo1 le4 meng2], Inner Mongolia
苏尼特左旗 sū ní tè zuǒ qí Sonid Left banner in Xilin Gol league 錫林郭勒盟|锡林郭勒盟[Xi1 lin2 guo1 le4 meng2], Inner Mongolia
苏州地区 sū zhōu dì qū Suzhou region in Jiangsu
苏州大学 sū zhōu dà xué Suzhou or Soochow University (Suzhou, PRC since 1986)
苏州市 sū zhōu shì Suzhou prefecture level city in Jiangsu
苏州河 sū zhōu hé Suzhou Creek (river in Shanghai)
苏州码子 sū zhōu mǎ zi Suzhou numerals, i.e. the ten numerals 〡,〢,〣,〤,〥,〦,〧,〨,〩,十 nowadays mainly used in traditional trades such as Chinese medicine; also called 草碼|草码[cao3 ma3]
苏州话 sū zhōu huà Suzhou dialect, one of the main Wu dialects 吳語|吴语[Wu2 yu3]
苏必利尔湖 sū bì lì ěr hú Lake Superior, one of the Great Lakes 五大湖[Wu3 da4 hu2]
苏打水 sū dá shuǐ soda drink (loanword)
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