抒 (shū): to express, to give expression to, to relieve
抒 (shū) is a Chinese character meaning “to express.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 扌 (phonetic) and 予 (semantic). It ranks #2782 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 抒 give. Its radical form 扌 (hand) appears in many related characters such as 手 (shǒu, hand), 打 (dǎ, hit, make), 找 (zhǎo, to look for).
Definitions
- to express
- to give expression to
- to relieve
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 抒情verb | shū qíng | to express emotion |
| 抒发verb | shū fā | to express (an emotion) |
| 抒情诗noun | shū qíng shī | lyric poetry |
| 各抒己见phrase | gè shū jǐ jiàn | everyone gives their own view |
| 直抒胸臆 | zhí shū xiōng yì | to speak one's mind |
| 抒写verb | shū xiě | to express (emotions in prose) |
| 抒怀verb | shū huái | to express emotion |
抒 appears in 7 compound words: 71 as the first character, 0 as the last, and 29 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 抒 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (1)
Example Sentences
妈妈抒着孩子的手,慢慢地过马路。
mā mā shū zhe hái zǐ de shǒu , màn màn dì guò mǎ lù .
Mom held her child's hand as they slowly crossed the street.
他们不刻意拔高苦难,不刻意神化写作,只是忠实记录日常、真诚抒发感悟。
tā men bù kè yì bá gāo kǔ nán , bù kè yì shén huà xiě zuò , zhī shì zhōng shí jì lù rì cháng , zhēn chéng shū fā gǎn wù .
They do not deliberately exaggerate their suffering or glorify the act of writing; they simply record their daily lives faithfully and express their reflections sincerely.
其实,但凡你有感悟,可以用任何形式把它们抒发出来!
qí shí , dàn fán nǐ yǒu gǎn wù , kě yǐ yòng rèn hé xíng shì bǎ tā men shū fā chū lái !
Actually, as long as you have some insights, you can express them in any form!
长剧可以安静、可以抒情,短剧同样可以。
cháng jù kě yǐ ān jìng , kě yǐ shū qíng , duǎn jù tóng yàng kě yǐ .
Long-form dramas can be quiet and lyrical, and so can short-form dramas.
书法作品诸体兼备,既有对历代经典法帖的潜心临习,也有直抒胸臆的原创作品。
shū fǎ zuò pǐn zhū tǐ jiān bèi , jì yǒu duì lì dài jīng diǎn fǎ tiē de qián xīn lín xí , yě yǒu zhí shū xiōng 臆 de yuán chuàng zuò pǐn .
His calligraphy encompasses a wide range of styles, including works that result from his dedicated study of classic calligraphic models from throughout history, as well as original pieces that express his innermost feelings.
通过影片,我们将这片土地上的情感积聚起来、抒发出去,观众也接收到了。
tōng guò yǐng piàn , wǒ men jiāng zhè piàn tǔ dì shàng de qíng gǎn jī jù qǐ lái , shū fā chū qù , guàn zhòng yě jiē shōu dào le .
Through the film, we’ve gathered and expressed the emotions of this land, and the audience has received them.
我喜欢抒情诗多于史诗。
Wǒ xǐhuan shūqíngshī duōyú shǐshī.
I like lyric better than epic.
Character Family
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