遂 (suì): to satisfy, to succeed, then, thereupon, finally, unexpectedly
遂 (suì) is a Chinese character meaning “to satisfy.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 辶 (semantic), 丷 (structural) and 豕 (phonetic). It ranks #1988 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 遂 walk. Its radical form 辶 (walk) appears in many related characters such as 边 (biān, side), 过 (guò, to pass, past), 还 (hái, still, return).
Definitions
- to satisfy
- to succeed
- then
- thereupon
- finally
- unexpectedly
Etymology & Origin
pictophoneticwalk
Decomposition: ⿺辶⿱丷豕 (layout: surround-from-lower-left)
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 未遂verb | wèi suì | to fail to accomplish |
| 毛遂自荐phrase | máo suì zì jiàn | Mao Sui recommends himself (idiom) |
| 半身不遂noun | bàn shēn bù suí | paralysis of one side of the body |
| 不遂verb | bù suì | to fail |
| 顺遂adjective | shùn suì | everything is going smoothly |
| 遂心adjective | suì xīn | to one's liking |
| 遂愿verb | suì yuàn | to have one's wish fulfilled |
| 遂心如意 | suì xīn rú yì | totally satisfying |
| 杀人未遂 | shā rén wèi suì | attempted murder |
| 径情直遂phrase | jìng qíng zhí suì | to achieve one's ambitions (idiom) |
| 遂意adjective | suì yì | to one's liking |
| 遂宁市 | suì níng shì | Suining, prefecture-level city in Sichuan Province 四川省 |
| 遂平 | suì píng | see 遂平縣|遂平县 |
| 遂平县 | suì píng xiàn | Suiping, a county in Zhumadian City 駐馬店市|驻马店市, Henan |
| 毛遂 | máo suì | Mao Sui (third century BC), who proverbially offered his services to the King of Chu 楚, see 毛遂自薦|毛遂自荐[Mao2 Sui4 zi4 j... |
遂 appears in 23 compound words: 61 as the first character, 30 as the last, and 9 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 遂 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (4)
to recommend oneself; to put oneself up for a task; to nominate oneself; to volunteer; to offer one's services
to recommend oneself; to put oneself up for a task; to nominate oneself; to volunteer; to offer one's services
Example Sentences
老师教我们遂字的发音和笔顺。
lǎo shī jiào wǒ men suí zì de fā yīn hé bǐ shùn .
The teacher taught us the pronunciation and stroke order of the character "遂."
如彩绘漆木卧鹿等,寄托希望逝者灵魂得以安宁、顺遂飞升的美好祈愿。
rú cǎi huì qī mù wò lù děng , jì tuō xī wàng shì zhě líng hún dé yǐ ān nìng , shùn suì fēi shēng de měi hǎo qí yuàn .
Items such as painted lacquered wooden reclining deer serve to express the hope that the soul of the deceased may find peace and ascend to the afterlife smoothly.
剧集妙的就是安排进了一段谋杀,还有一桩 25 年前绑架未遂案的谜题真相。
jù jí miào de jiù shì ān pái jìn le yī duàn móu shā , hái yǒu yī zhuāng 2 5 nián qián bǎng jià wèi suì àn de mèi tí zhēn xiāng .
What makes the series so clever is that it weaves in a murder and the truth behind the mystery of an attempted kidnapping that took place 25 years ago.
...引擎盖”抓诈团遭辗压 车手出狱后犯杀人未遂 判决出炉
. . . yǐn qíng gài zhuā zhà tuán zāo niǎn yā chē shǒu chū yù hòu fàn shā rén wèi suì pàn jué chū lú
...The "Hood" Fraud Ring Crushed; Driver Commits Attempted Murder After Release from Prison; Sentence Handed Down
英国官员证实 伊朗攻击印度洋英美基地未遂
yīng guó guān yuán zhèng shí yī lǎng gōng jī yìn dù yáng yīng měi jī dì wèi suì
British officials confirm that Iran's attempt to attack British and American bases in the Indian Ocean failed
...轨 泰人妻联同同事自制炸药杀“第三者”未遂遭拘捕
. . . guǐ tài rén qī lián tóng tóng shì zì zhì zhà yào shā dì sān zhě wèi suì zāo jū bǔ
... The Thai wife and her colleagues made homemade explosives and attempted to kill a "third party" and were arrested
我曾两次试图自杀未遂。
Wǒ céng liǎng cì shìtú zìshā wèisuì.
Twice I have tried to kill myself.
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 辶 (walk) component
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