sǒu = s + ou3
old gentleman / old man
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How to pronounce 叟

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= s initial

Socrates.

By Matthias • updated 3 months ago
+ ou3 final

In the outhouse’s living room.

By Matthias • updated about 2 months ago

叟 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
zhī = zh + Ø1
to support / to sustain / to erect / to raise / branch / division / to draw money / classifier for rods such as pens and guns, for army divisions and for songs or compositions
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jiù = ji + ou4
mortar
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Characters with 叟 as component

sōu = s + ou1
dog (dial.) / to hunt
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sǒu = s + ou3
blind
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sǒu = s + ou3
to induce
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Words with 叟

lit. the old man lost his horse, but it all turned out for the best (idiom) / fig. a blessing in disguise / it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good
Yesou Puyan or Humble Words of a Rustic Elder, monumental Qing novel by Xia Jingqu 夏敬渠[Xia4 Jing4 qu2]

Sentences with 叟

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sǒu

old gentleman / old man

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