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(shū fu) - comfortable, at ease in Mandarin

shūfu

Traditional: 舒服

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Translation

comfortable, at ease

Word origin

A compound of 舒 (shū) 'to stretch out, relaxed' and 服 (fú) 'to submit, clothing, to take to'. 舒 combines 舍 (house) and 予 (to give); 服 has 月 (here a body element) with a phonetic. Together they mean comfortable or at ease.

Origin
compound
Root
舒 (shū, relaxed: 舍 + 予) + 服 (fú, to be at ease with)

Stroke order

Stroke order for 舒

Stroke order for 服

Examples

I feel very comfortable.

This chair is very comfortable.

She lay on the comfortable bed.

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A hot bath makes me feel very comfortable.

The weather today is very pleasant.

舒服 (shū fu) means comfortable, at ease. It is used as an adjective in everyday Mandarin speech.

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This word is part of lesson 17.