Chinese word dictionary

复苏

fùsū · to recover (health, economic); to resuscitate; anabiosis; variant of 復甦|复苏[fu4 su1]; to recover (health, economic); to resuscitate; anabiosis

Practice word

Word information

Simplified复苏

Traditional復甦/復蘇

Pinyinfùsū

Part of speech动

HSK 3.07-9

HSK 2.0Not listed

Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

复fù

again, repeatedly; copy, duplicate; to restore, to return

苏sū

to awaken, to revive, to resurrect; used in transliterations

How to learn 复苏

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

When the word appears in a sentence, check whether its part of speech and meaning match the definition shown here. Chinese words can change nuance with context.

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Words with the same characters

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复习fùxí

to review; revision; CL:次[ci4]; variant of 復習|复习[fu4 xi2]

复印fùyìn

to photocopy; to duplicate a document

复杂fùzá

complicated; complex

回复huífù

to recover; to revert; to return to (good health, normal condition etc); variant of 回覆[hui2 fu4]

重复chóngfù

to repeat; to duplicate; CL:個|个[ge4]; variant of 重複|重复[chong2 fu4]

反复fǎnfù

repeatedly; over and over; to upend; unstable; to come and go; (of an illness) to return; variant of 反覆|反复[fan3 fu4]