蓄 (xù): to store up
蓄 (xù) is a Chinese character meaning “to store up.” Classified as HSK Level 6 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 艹 (semantic) and 畜 (phonetic). It ranks #1958 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 蓄 plant. Its radical form 艹 (grass) appears in many related characters such as 花 (huā, flower), 茶 (chá, tea), 菜 (cài, vegetable, dish).
Definitions
- to store up
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 蓄
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 蓄意 | xù yì | deliberate |
| 积蓄 | jī xù | to save |
| 含蓄 | hán xù | to contain |
| 蓄谋 | xù móu | to premeditate |
| 蓄水池 | xù shuǐ chí | water reservoir |
| 养精蓄锐 | yǎng jīng xù ruì | to preserve and nurture one's spirit (idiom) |
| 蓄电池 | xù diàn chí | secondary (rechargeable) battery |
| 蓄水 | xù shuǐ | water storage |
| 蓄积 | xù jī | to accumulate |
| 蓄须 | xù xū | to grow a beard |
| 储蓄率 | chǔ xù lǜ | savings rate |
| 蓄须明志 | xù xū míng zhì | to grow a beard as a symbol of one's determination (as Mei Lanfang 梅蘭芳|梅兰芳[Mei2 Lan2 fang1] growing a beard and refus... |
| 蓄势待发 | xù shì dài fā | to wait for action after having accumulated power, energy etc |
| 个人储蓄 | gè rén chǔ xù | personal savings |
| 定期储蓄 | dìng qī chǔ xù | fixed deposit (banking) |
蓄 appears in 25 compound words: 40 as the first character, 40 as the last, and 20 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 蓄 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (3)
Example Sentences
我们要积蓄力量，为将来的挑战做准备。
Wǒmen yào jīxù lìliàng, wèi jiānglái de tiǎozhàn zuò zhǔnbèi.
We must build up our strength to prepare for future challenges.
八大财政储蓄1515亿元 岭大最少仅37亿元
bā dà cái zhèng chǔ xù 1 5 1 5 yì yuán lǐng dà zuì shǎo jǐn 3 7 yì yuán
The eight major fiscal savings are 151.5 billion yuan, and Lingnan University has at least only 3.7 billion yuan
...校長籲及早建立良好理財習慣 家長必學將儲蓄融入生活:「財分三份」建立儲蓄習慣
. . . jiào 長 籲 jí zǎo jiàn lì liáng hǎo lǐ 財 習 慣 jiā 長 bì 學 將 儲 xù róng rù shēng huó 財 fēn sān fèn jiàn lì 儲 xù 習 慣
Principal Urges Early Development of Sound Financial Habits Parents Must Learn to Integrate Savings into Daily Life: "Divide Income into Three Portions" to Cultivate Savings Habits
和股票與儲蓄帳戶不同 出售實物白銀很難嗎
hé gǔ piào 與 儲 xù 帳 戶 bù tóng chū shòu 實 wù bái 銀 hěn 難 嗎
Unlike stocks and savings accounts, is it hard to sell physical silver?
緊急儲蓄帳戶可與401(k)計畫結合 但很少雇主...
緊 jí 儲 xù 帳 戶 kě 與 計 畫 結 gě dàn hěn shǎo gù zhǔ . . .
Emergency savings accounts can be combined with 401(k) plans, but few employers...
...封關期間漲逾2%...台股金馬年開紅盤 蓄勢衝關34K
. . . fēng 關 qī 間 漲 yú . . . tái gǔ jīn 馬 nián 開 紅 盤 xù 勢 衝 關
... Taiwan Stocks Rise Over 2% During... Taiwan Stocks Open Red in the Year of the Golden Horse, Gathering Momentum to Surpass 34K
我想开个储蓄帐户。
Wǒ xiǎngkāi gè chǔxùzhànghù.
I'd like to open a savings account.
她把她那时的全副积蓄都给了他。
Tā bǎ tā nàshí de quánfù jīxù dōu gěi le tā.
She gave him all the money that she had then.
如果你想安享晚年，现在就要开始储蓄了。
Rúguǒ nǐ xiǎng ān xiǎng wǎnnián, xiànzài jiùyào kāishǐ chǔxù le.
If you want security in your old age, begin saving now.
你现在不好好储蓄金钱的话，终有一天会后悔的。
Nǐ xiànzài bù hǎohǎo chǔxù jīnqián dehuà, zhōng yǒu yī tiān huì hòuhuǐ de.
Some day you will come to realize the importance of saving.
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