Language/Mandarin-chinese/Vocabulary/修-xiū-build,-repair;-study,-take-(a-course)

修 xiū build, repair; study, take (a course) - Mandarin Chinese

Definition

Radical is 人 rén “person”, which is written 亻 when occurring at the left side of a character. The colloquial name for this radical is 人字旁 rénzìpáng “side made up of the character 人.” Phonetic is 攸 yōu “distant.” Distinguish 修 from traditional 條 tiáo.

Examples

• 修 xiū build, repair; study, take (courses) [V]
• 修起来 (修起來) xiūqilai in the building of something
• 主修 zhŭxiū major in [V]; major [N]
• 修建 xiūjiàn build, construct [V]

Sources

Book: Intermediate Written Chinese by Cornelius C. Kubler

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