Pinyin "shou4"

In MandarinBanana's mnemonic system, the Pinyin syllable "shou4" is split up into two parts: "sh" and "ou4". You can visit the Pinyin index to see how other Pinyin syllables are split up into initials and finals.

Mnemonics for Pinyin initial "sh"

Sh is for Sherlock Holmes.

Mnemonics for Pinyin final "ou4"

In the outhouse's bathroom.

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Translations with shou4

shòu = sh + ou4
long life / old age / age / life / birthday / funerary / a surname
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shòu = sh + ou4
to receive / to accept / to suffer / subjected to / to bear / to stand / pleasant / (passive marker)
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shòu = sh + ou4
(bound form) to confer; to give / (bound form) to teach; to instruct / (literary) to appoint
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shòu = sh + ou4
to teach / to instruct / to award / to give
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shòu = sh + ou4
to sell / to make or carry out (a plan or intrigue etc)
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shòu = sh + ou4
thin / to lose weight / (of clothing) tight / (of meat) lean / (of land) unproductive
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shòu = sh + ou4
to hunt / to go hunting (as winter sport in former times) / hunting dog / imperial tour
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shòu = sh + ou4
shòu = sh + ou4
Japanese variant of 獸|兽
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shòu = sh + ou4
old variant of 壽|寿[shou4]
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shòu = sh + ou4
Japanese variant of 瘦[shou4]
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