绪 (xù): mood, thread
绪 (xù) is a Chinese character meaning “mood, thread.” Classified as HSK Level 5 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 纟 (semantic) and 者 (phonetic). It ranks #1405 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 绪 thread. Its radical form 纟 (silk) appears in many related characters such as 系 (xì, to connect), 累 (lèi, tired), 绍 (shào, to continue).
Definitions
- mood, thread
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 绪
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 头绪noun | tóu xù | outline |
| 就绪verb | jiù xù | to be ready |
| 情绪化adjective | qíng xù huà | emotional |
| 思绪noun | sī xù | train of thought |
| 闹情绪verb | nào qíng xù | to be in a bad mood |
| 心绪noun | xīn xù | state of mind |
| 千头万绪 | qiān tóu wàn xù | plethora of things to tackle |
| 愁绪noun | chóu xù | melancholy |
| 一切就绪phrase | yī qiè jiù xù | everything in its place and ready (idiom) |
| 民族主义情绪 | mín zú zhǔ yì qíng xù | nationalist feelings |
| 离情别绪 | lí qíng bié xù | sad feeling at separation (idiom) |
| 意第绪语noun | yì dì xù yǔ | Yiddish language |
| 情绪商数 | qíng xù shāng shù | emotional intelligence quotient (EQ) |
| 西绪福斯 | xī xù fú sī | Sisyphus |
| 心绪不宁 | xīn xù bù níng | unquiet state of mind |
绪 appears in 31 compound words: 6 as the first character, 58 as the last, and 35 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 绪 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (4)
Example Sentences
他最近情绪不太好，工作压力太大了。
Tā zuìjìn qíngxù bù tài hǎo, gōngzuò yālì tài dà le.
He hasn't been in a good mood lately; work pressure is too great.
川普国情咨文 学者:若充满情绪动员 只是为期中选举暖身
chuān pǔ guó qíng zī wén xué zhě : ruò chōng mǎn qíng xù dòng yuán zhī shì wéi qī zhōng xuǎn jǔ nuǎn shēn
Trump's State of the Union Address Scholars: If it is full of emotions, it is just a warm-up for the midterm elections
瑞士同性恋群体担心仇视情绪反弹
ruì shì tóng xìng liàn qún tǐ dān xīn qiú shì qíng xù fǎn dàn
Swiss LGBT community fears resurgence of hate
五杨高架男搭小黄情绪失控! 下车乱窜坠桥亡
wǔ yáng gāo jià nán dā xiǎo huáng qíng xù shī kòng ! xià chē luàn cuàn zhuì qiáo wáng
Man in Yellow Taxi Loses Control on Wuyang Elevated Road! Jumps Off Bridge After Getting Out of Vehicle, Dies
台东男情绪不稳坐初来桥边护栏 警耐心沟通趁隙拉回桥...
tái dōng nán qíng xù bù wěn zuò chū lái qiáo biān hù lán jǐng nài xīn gōu tōng chèn xì lā huí qiáo . . .
A man in Taitung, emotionally unstable, sat on the guardrail near Chulai Bridge. Police patiently communicated with him and seized an opportunity to pull him back from the bridge...
疑情绪失控随机攻击!七旬翁晨运突遭男子压制割颈
yí qíng xù shī kòng suí jī gōng jī ! qī xún wēng chén yùn tū zāo nán zǐ yā zhì gē jǐng
Suspect Loses Control in Random Attack! Elderly Man in His 70s Groped and Slit at the Throat During Morning Exercise
雨天让我情绪低落。
Yǔtiān ràng wǒ qíngxù dīluò.
Rainy days make me depressed.
你应该学习控制自己的情绪。
Nǐ yīnggāi xuéxí kòngzhì zìjǐ de qíngxù.
You should learn to restrain yourself.
攀比心理会让人产生负面情绪。
Pānbǐ xīnlǐ huì ràng rén chǎnshēng fùmiàn qíngxù.
Having a competitive mentality can give rise to negative emotions.
缅甸反华情绪正在增长。
Miǎndiàn fǎn Huá qíngxù zhèngzài zēngzhǎng.
Anti-Chinese sentiment is on the rise in Myanmar.
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 纟 (thread) component
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