竖 shù
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 立 — to stand
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
竖
shù
vertical; to erect; vertical line
Character
Example phrases
- 请把这张海报竖着贴，横着贴会挡住窗户。 Qǐng bǎ zhè zhāng hǎibào shùzhe tiē, héngzhe tiē huì dǎngzhù chuānghu. Please put this poster up vertically; if you put it horizontally, it will block the window.
- 把书竖着放在架子上，能多放几本。 Bǎ shū shùzhe fàng zài jiàzi shàng, néng duō fàng jǐ běn. If you stand the books upright on the shelf, you can fit a few more.
- 他竖起大拇指，夸我做得好。 Tā shùqǐ dà mǔzhǐ, kuā wǒ zuò de hǎo. He gave a thumbs up and praised me for doing well.
Related words
- 竖立 shùlì to erect; to stand upright
- 垂直 chuízhí to be vertical
- 横 héng horizontal, across; to cross; horizontal line
- 对称 duìchèn symmetrical
- 相连 xiānglián to be connected
- 歪 wāi crooked
- 贴近 tiējìn to press close to; close, intimate
- 弯曲 wānqū curved
- 痕迹 hénjì trace, mark
- 串 chuàn string, bunch; measure word for strings
- 远程 yuǎnchéng long-distance, remote
- 密集 mìjí to concentrate; dense