(zú) - foot; enough in Mandarin

zú

Traditional: 足

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Translation

foot; enough

Word origin

A pictograph showing the lower leg and foot; the upper part 口 represents the knee or calf and the lower part the foot, the original sense from which enough and sufficient later developed.

Origin: pictographic
Root: pictograph of the lower leg and foot

Stroke order

足

Examples

？

Is there enough time?

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This money is enough.

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He likes playing football.

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There is enough time for us to finish the work.

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We do not have enough manpower.

足 (zú) means foot on its own, and enough in compounds like 足够 (zú gòu).

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Appears in 2 words

Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 足.

足够zú gòuenough, sufficient 满足mǎn zúto satisfy, satisfied, content, to meet (a need)

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Mandarin Advanced Grammar (C1-C2 / HSK 6+): Chengyu, Classical Remnants, and Register

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This word is part of lesson 109.