隧
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suì · tunnel, underground passage

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14Total strokes

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Left-rightCharacter structure

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阝Key radical

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Vocabulary in context

Common words with 隧

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suìWords pronounced suì
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Example sentences

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Rì běn zuì cháng de suì dào zài nǎ lǐ?日本最长的隧道在哪里?

Where is the longest tunnel in Japan?

Source: Tatoeba #811035 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Xīn jiàn de suì dào bǐ yǐ qián de nà yì tiáo cháng liǎng bèi.新建的隧道比以前的那一條長兩倍。

The new tunnel is twice as long as the old one.

Source: Tatoeba #593116 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Zhè tiáo suì dào shì nà tiáo de liǎng bèi cháng.這條隧道是那條的兩倍長。

This tunnel is twice as long as that one.

Source: Tatoeba #1239333 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Zǒu jìn le qī hēi de suì dào hòu, wǒ mén shèn mó yě kàn bú jiàn.走進了漆黑的隧道後,我們甚麼也看不見。

On entering a dark tunnel, we could see nothing.

Source: Tatoeba #364922 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Guān guāng bā shì chuān guò le yì tiáo cháng cháng de suì dào.觀光巴士穿過了一條長長的隧道。

The sightseeing bus ran through a long tunnel.

Source: Tatoeba #729492 · CC BY 2.0 FR
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How to study 隧 in context

  1. Say suì, then recall the core meaning: tunnel, underground passage.
  2. Write all 14 strokes while keeping the left-right balanced.
  3. Use it in 隧道 (suì dào), meaning “tunnel”.
  4. Read the complete sentence aloud once, then cover the translation and explain how 隧 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.