HSK Guide

shùtree

shù (fourth tone, falling)shu4

Traditional:

tree

HSK 3· HSK 1–4 (classic)Level 3· Three-band, nine-level standardnounMeasure word
Practise this wordAsk the AI tutor

Meanings

  1. tree

    The tree, counted with 棵 — the classifier for anything rooted and standing, which also takes 草 and garden plants. 花 and 草 are the small green things beside it.

    noun

Character breakdown

  • shù (fourth tone, falling)

    a tree; to plant, to set upright; to establish, to cultivate

    9 strokes⿲木又寸Radical

Example sentences

  • 我家门口有很多树。我家門口有很多樹。 (third tone, dipping) jiā (first tone, high and level) ménkǒu (second tone, rising) yǒu (third tone, dipping) hěn (third tone, dipping) duō (first tone, high and level) shù. (fourth tone, falling)···

    There are a lot of trees outside my house.

  • 他坐在树下看书。他坐在樹下看書。 (first tone, high and level) zuò (fourth tone, falling) zài (fourth tone, falling) shù (fourth tone, falling) xià (fourth tone, falling) kàn (fourth tone, falling) shū. (first tone, high and level)···

    He is sitting under a tree reading.