述 (seot6 | shu4) : state, narrate

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述

seot6

shu4

state; narrate; relate; give an account of; recount; expound

Stroke count: 9

Level: 3

Radical: (#162)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

述

This word has been viewed 7769 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 12th Nov 2009 14:30

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上述 soeng6 seot6 shang4 shu4 = the above-mentioned; aforementioned

申述 san1 seot6 shen1 shu4 = to state in detail

敍述 zeoi6 seot6 = to relate (a story or event); to talk about

講述 gong2 seot6 jiang3 shu4 = to talk about; to narrate an account

陳述 can4 seot6 chen2 shu4 = to declare; to state

闡述 zin2 seot6 chan3 shu4 = to expound; to elaborate

覆述 fuk1 seot6 fu4 shu4 = repeat

引述 jan5 seot6 = quoting

描述 miu4 seot6 miao2 shu4 = to describe

旁述 pong4 seot6 pang2 shu4 = narrator
See all 25 compounds (CantoDict reports 27 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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Decimal representation of this word: 述
Unicode code for this character: U+8ff0 (off-site link)

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