术
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shù / zhú · skill, art

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Readings & meanings

术 has 2 dictionary pronunciations. The examples show how each reading behaves in real words.

shù

method; technique

技术jì shù · technology
zhú

various genera of flowers of Asteracea family (daisies and chrysanthemums), including Atractylis lancea

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5Total strokes

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Lower-left enclosureCharacter structure

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木Key radical

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Vocabulary in context

Common words with 术

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shùmethod; technique
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Example sentences

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Tā qí mó tuō chē de jì shù bú cuò!她骑摩托车的技术不错!

She rides a motorcycle well.

Source: Tatoeba #1235599 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Bú shì suǒ yǒu rén dōu néng dāng yì shù jiā de.不是所有人都能当艺术家的。

Not everybody can be an artist.

Source: Tatoeba #4267421 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ xū yào zuò shǒu shù ma?我需要做手术吗?

Do I need surgery?

Source: Tatoeba #367904 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Xué shù zào jiǎ bǐ nǐ xiǎng xiàng de pǔ biàn.学术造假比你想象的普遍。

Academic fraud is more common than you might think.

Source: Tatoeba #5630453 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Sà mǐ bú shì gè hǎo de mó shù shī.萨米不是个好的魔术师。

Sami is not good at being a magician.

Source: Tatoeba #7976842 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tīng shuō dà shù jù jì shù xiàn zài hěn rè mén.听说大数据技术现在很热门。

I hear that the network is very popular now.

Source: Tatoeba #4813375 · CC BY 2.0 FR
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How to study 术 in context

  1. Say shù / zhú, then recall the core meaning: skill, art.
  2. Write all 5 strokes while keeping the lower-left enclosure balanced.
  3. Use it in 技术 (jì shù), meaning “technology”.
  4. Read the complete sentence aloud once, then cover the translation and explain how 术 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.