(xù) - to continue, to extend (bound) in Mandarin
xùTraditional: 续
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Translation
to continue, to extend (bound)
Word origin
A phono-semantic compound: the silk radical 纟 signals a thread-like continuation, while the right-hand element supplies the sound, hence to continue or to extend.
- Origin
- phono-semantic
- Root
- 纟 (silk radical) + 卖 (phonetic)
Stroke order
续
Examples
。
Please carry on speaking.
。
We will continue tomorrow.
雨。
The rain is still falling.
。
Please continue your story.
雨。
The rain fell continuously for three days.
续 (xù) means to continue and is the bound second half of 继续 (jìxù), the everyday word for to go on.
Appears in 1 word
Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 续.
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