竖 (shù): to erect, vertical, vertical stroke (in Chinese characters)
竖 (shù) is a Chinese character meaning “to erect.” Classified as HSK Level 6 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 刂 (structural), 又 (structural) and 立 (structural). It ranks #2419 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 竖 a person 又 standing 立 as straight as a knife 刂. Its radical form 立 (stand) appears in many related characters such as 站 (zhàn, station), 立 (lì, to stand), 童 (tóng, child).
Definitions
- to erect
- vertical
- vertical stroke (in Chinese characters)
Etymology & Origin
ideographicA person 又 standing 立 as straight as a knife 刂
Decomposition: ⿱⿰刂又立 (layout: top-bottom)
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 竖起verb | shù qǐ | to erect (a tent etc) |
| 竖琴noun | shù qín | harp |
| 横竖adverb | héng shu | anyway |
| 竖立verb | shù lì | to erect |
| 竖井noun | shù jǐng | vertical shaft (for mining, ventilation systems etc) |
| 竖中指verb | shù zhōng zhǐ | to give the middle finger |
| 横说竖说 | héng shuō shù shuō | to explain sth over and over again |
| 横三竖四 | héng sān shù sì | in disorder |
| 横挑鼻子竖挑眼 | héng tiāo bí zi shù tiāo yǎn | to pick on sth incessantly (idiom) |
| 竖起大拇指 | shù qǐ dà mu zhǐ | to give a thumbs-up |
| 竖起耳朵 | shù qǐ ěr duo | to prick up one's ears |
| 横七竖八phrase | héng qī shù bā | in disorder |
| 横竖劲儿 | héng shù jìn r | firmness of determination |
| 竖提noun | shù tí | stroke𠄌 in Chinese characters (e.g. 以) |
| 竖直adjective | shù zhí | vertical |
竖 appears in 25 compound words: 64 as the first character, 8 as the last, and 28 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 竖 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (5)
Example Sentences
我在字典里查到了竖字的详细解释。
wǒ zài zì diǎn lǐ chá dào le shù zì de xiáng xì xiè shì .
I looked up the detailed explanation of the character "竖" in the dictionary.
拍竖屏时,按键会被挡住;想调曝光,还得从屏幕右侧拉出菜单。
pāi shù bǐng shí , àn jiàn huì bèi dǎng zhù ; xiǎng diào pù guāng , hái dé cóng bǐng mù yòu cè lā chū cài dān .
When shooting in portrait mode, the buttons are blocked; to adjust the exposure, you have to swipe in from the right side of the screen to open the menu.
感兴趣的朋友们可以网上搜搜评测,各种横评竖评还是挺多的。
gǎn xīng qù de péng yǒu men kě yǐ wǎng shàng sōu sōu píng cè , gè zhǒng héng píng shù píng hái shì tǐng duō de .
If you're interested, you can search online for reviews—there are quite a few in-depth and general reviews out there.
于是我测量好尺寸,购买了一块符合大小的洞洞板,实现了左侧竖直空间的利用。
yú shì wǒ cè liàng hǎo chǐ cùn , gòu mǎi le yī kuài fú gě dà xiǎo de dòng dòng bǎn , shí xiàn le zuǒ cè shù zhí kōng jiān de lì yòng .
So I measured the dimensions, bought a piece of perforated board that fit the space, and was able to make use of the vertical space on the left.
人体负责姿势稳定的小肌肉,例如前面提到的多裂肌和竖脊肌,其纤维类型以 I 型为主。
rén tǐ fù zé zī shì wěn dìng de xiǎo jī ròu , lì rú qián miàn tí dào de duō liè jī hé shù jǐ jī , qí qiàn wéi lèi xíng yǐ I xíng wéi zhǔ .
The small muscles in the human body responsible for postural stability—such as the multifidus and erector spinae muscles mentioned earlier—consist primarily of Type I muscle fibers.
电子负载的铜管散热器必须竖着放,横着或倒着直接温度失控。
diàn zǐ fù zài de tóng guǎn sàn rè qì bì xū shù zhe fàng , héng zhe huò dǎo zhe zhí jiē wēn dù shī kòng .
The copper tube heat sink on the electronic load must be positioned vertically; if placed horizontally or upside down, the temperature will spiral out of control.
他开始说他的秘密的时候,我们都竖起了耳朵来听。
Tā kāishǐ shuō tā de mìmì de shíhou, wǒmen dōu shùqǐ le ěrduo lái tīng.
We were all ears when he started to tell us his secret.
我跟那个芬兰竖琴手怀孕了,他就是我昨晚告诉你的那个人。
Wǒ gēn nàge Fēnlán shùqín shǒu huáiyùn le, tā jiùshì wǒ zuówǎn gàosu nǐ de nàgèrén.
I got pregnant from the Finnish harpist that I told you about last night.
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