疏
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shū · to neglect

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12Total strokes

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Left-rightCharacter structure

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疋Key radical

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Vocabulary in context

Common words with 疏

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shūWords pronounced shū
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Example sentences

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Tā zé bèi le wǒ de shū hū.他责备了我的疏忽。

He reprimanded me for my oversight.

Source: Tatoeba #842131 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Rén men yīn wèi hóng shuǐ bèi shū sàn le.人们因为洪水被疏散了。

The people were evacuated because of the flood.

Source: Tatoeba #829719 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tí jiāo gōng zuò nèi róng zhī qián qǐng zǐxì jiǎn chá, zhè lǐ yǒu shū hū de dì fāng.提交工作内容之前请仔细检查,这里有疏忽的地方。

Edit your work better before you submit it, it's sloppy.

Source: Tatoeba #2455632 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ men yǒu bú dào wǔ fēn zhōng lái shū sàn zhěng dòng lóu de rén.我们有不到五分钟来疏散整栋楼的人。

We have less than five minutes to evacuate the whole building.

Source: Tatoeba #812378 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tā zǒng huì yǒu shū lòu de.他总会有疏漏的。

He'll get sloppy.

Source: Tatoeba #2455651 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ nǎinai huàn yǒu gǔ zhì shū sōng zhèng.我奶奶患有骨質疏鬆症。

My grandmother suffers from osteoporosis.

Source: Tatoeba #6081676 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Turn reference into recall

How to study 疏 in context

  1. Say shū, then recall the core meaning: to neglect.
  2. Write all 12 strokes while keeping the left-right balanced.
  3. Use it in 生疏 (shēng shū), meaning “unfamiliar”.
  4. Read the complete sentence aloud once, then cover the translation and explain how 疏 works in that context.

Definitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.