絮 (xù): cotton wadding, fig. padding, long-winded
絮 (xù) is a Chinese character meaning “cotton wadding.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 如 (phonetic) and 糸 (semantic). It ranks #2812 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 絮 silk. Its radical form 纟 (silk) appears in many related characters such as 系 (xì, to connect), 累 (lèi, tired), 绍 (shào, to continue).
Definitions
- cotton wadding
- fig. padding
- long-winded
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 花絮noun | huā xù | (news) tidbits |
| 絮叨adjective | xù dao | long-winded |
| 絮絮叨叨adjective | xù xu dāo dāo | long-winded |
| 棉絮noun | mián xù | cotton wadding |
| 金玉其外，败絮其中 | jīn yù qí wài , bài xù qí zhōng | gilded exterior, shabby and ruined on the inside (idiom) |
| 金玉其表，败絮其中 | jīn yù qí biǎo , bài xù qí zhōng | gilded exterior, shabby and ruined on the inside (idiom) |
| 兰因絮果 | lán yīn xù guǒ | starts well but ends in separation (of marital relations) |
| 幕后花絮 | mù hòu huā xù | (cinema, TV) behind-the-scenes footage |
| 絮状物 | xù zhuàng wù | floccule |
| 絮说 | xù shuō | to chatter endlessly |
| 飞絮 | fēi xù | windblown seed fluff (from willows, poplars etc) |
| 絮片 | xù piàn | floccule |
| 絮语verb | xù yǔ | to chatter incessantly |
| 絮球 | xù qiú | ball of fluff (containing seeds), e.g. a dandelion clock |
| 败絮noun | bài xù | ruined |
絮 appears in 23 compound words: 52 as the first character, 35 as the last, and 13 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 絮 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (2)
Example Sentences
这个絮字的意思与它的部首有关。
zhè gě xù zì de yì sī yú tā de bù shǒu yǒu guān .
The meaning of the character "絮" is related to its radical.
老板跟她絮叨的内容从药材的采集过程，到自己的半生半世。
lǎo bǎn gēn tā xù dāo de nèi róng cóng yào cái de cǎi jí guò chéng , dào zì jǐ de bàn shēng bàn shì .
The boss chatted with her about everything from the process of harvesting medicinal herbs to his life story.
化开后若出现悬浮物或絮状物，说明微生物风险已显着升高，千万别买。
huà kāi hòu ruò chū xiàn xuán fú wù huò xù zhuàng wù , shuō míng wēi shēng wù fēng xiǎn yǐ xiǎn zhe shēng gāo , qiān wàn bié mǎi .
If suspended particles or flocs appear after it has dissolved, this indicates that the microbial risk has significantly increased; do not buy it under any circumstances.
我对着纱窗上挂着的柳絮陷入了沉思。
wǒ duì zhe shā chuāng shàng guà zhe de liǔ xù xiàn rù le chén sī .
I found myself lost in thought as I gazed at the willow catkins caught on the screen door.
...死亡搁浅2:冥滩之上》“生日快乐”动捕花絮
. . . sǐ wáng gē qiǎn 2 : míng tān zhī shàng shēng rì kuài lè dòng bǔ huā xù
...*Death Stranding 2: On the Shores of the Underworld* “Happy Birthday” Motion Capture Behind-the-Scenes
Character Family
纟 Radical Family — Characters sharing the silk radical
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