隧 (suì): tunnel, underground passage
隧 (suì) is a Chinese character meaning “tunnel.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 阝 (semantic) and 遂 (phonetic). It ranks #2880 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 隧 place. Its radical form 阝 (mound) appears in many related characters such as 那 (nà, (specifier) that), 都 (dōu, all), 院 (yuàn, courtyard).
Definitions
- tunnel
- underground passage
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 隧道 | suì dào | tunnel |
| 隧洞 | suì dòng | tunnel |
| 腕隧道症候群 | wàn suì dào zhèng hòu qún | carpal tunnel syndrome (pain in the hands due to pressure on the median nerve) |
隧 appears in 3 compound words: 67 as the first character, 0 as the last, and 33 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 隧 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Example Sentences
这个隧字的意思与它的部首有关。
zhè gě suì zì de yì sī yú tā de bù shǒu yǒu guān .
The meaning of the character "tunnel" is related to its radical.
南港交通瓶颈有解!这条隧道通车后...“南港车站5分钟直达生技园...
nán gǎng jiāo tōng píng jǐng yǒu jiě ! zhè tiáo suì dào tōng chē hòu . . . nán gǎng chē zhàn 5 fēn zhōng zhí dá shēng jì yuán . . .
The traffic bottleneck in Nangang has been solved! Once this tunnel opens... “It will take just 5 minutes to get from Nangang Station to the Biotech Park...”
西隧往港岛入口私家车的士相撞 1女乘客颈痛送...
xī suì wǎng gǎng dǎo rù kǒu sī jiā chē de shì xiāng zhuàng 1 nǚ chéng kè jǐng tòng sòng . . .
Collision between a private car and a taxi at the Western Harbour Crossing entrance to Hong Kong Island; a female passenger was taken to the hospital with neck pain...
【我在现场】隧道从此不怕冷
wǒ zài xiàn chǎng suì dào cóng cǐ bù pà lěng
[On the Scene] No More Cold in the Tunnel
大瑶山隧道里的“美容大戏”
dà 瑶 shān suì dào lǐ de měi róng dà xì
The "Beauty Makeover" Inside the Dayu Mountain Tunnel
在隧道骑电动自行车酿事故 两少年被控
zài suì dào qí diàn dòng zì háng chē niàng shì gù liǎng shǎo nián bèi kòng
Two teenagers were charged with an accident while riding an electric bicycle in a tunnel
日本最长的隧道在哪里？
Rìběn zuì cháng de suìdào zài nǎlǐ?
Where is the longest tunnel in Japan?
走进了漆黑的隧道后，我们什么也看不见。
Zǒujìn le qīhēi de suìdào hòu, wǒmen shénme yě kànbujiàn.
On entering a dark tunnel, we could see nothing.
新建的隧道比以前的那一条长两倍。
Xīnjiàn de suìdào bǐ yǐqián de nà yī tiáo cháng liǎngbèi.
The new tunnel is twice as long as the old one.
观光巴士穿过了一条长长的隧道。
Guānguāng bāshì chuānguò le yī tiáo cháng cháng de suìdào.
The sightseeing bus ran through a long tunnel.
Character Family
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