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Mythic Mandarin

输 (shū): meaning and stroke order

输 (shū) means to lose; to be beaten, (bound form) to transport, (literary) to donate; to contribute.

输

Simplified
输
Traditional
輸
Pinyin
shū

Stroke order of 输

输

  • shū to lose; to be beaten; (bound form) to transport
  • 13 strokes
  • Traditional form: 輸

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 输

  1. shū Traditional 輸
    • to lose; to be beaten
    • (bound form) to transport
    • (literary) to donate; to contribute
    • (coll.) to enter (a password)

Radical and structure

输
Radical 车 (Kangxi radical 159) in its simplified form · 13 strokes · 车 on the left, 俞 on the right

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

输 in our stories

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  • 陶然笑了笑。她心里清楚，好的谈判不是让对方输，而是找到一个双方都愿意签字的数字。

    Táo Rán xiào le xiào tā xīnli qīngchu hǎo de tánpàn bú shì ràng duìfāng shū érshì zhǎodào yí gè shuāngfāng dōu yuànyì qiānzì de shùzì

    Tao Ran smiled. She knew that a good negotiation isn't about making the other side lose, but about finding a number both sides are willing to sign.

    From the story A minute of silence HSK 7–9 · Level 7

  • 龙王心想：下雨是我管的，你怎么可能比我清楚？于是和他打赌，输的人要砸了招牌。

    Lóngwáng xīn xiǎng xiàyǔ shì wǒ guǎn de nǐ zěnme kěnéng bǐ wǒ qīngchu yúshì hé tā dǎdǔ shū de rén yào zá le zhāopai

    The Dragon King thought: rain is my business; how could you know better than me? So he made a bet with him: the loser would have his signboard smashed.

    From the story The Dragon King of the Jing River HSK 7–9 · Level 7

Stories using 输

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).