徐 xú
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 彳 — to step with the left foot
- Made of
- 彳 to step with the left foot 余 surplus, remainder
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
徐徐
xúxú
slowly; gently
Character
Example phrases
- 清晨的雾气从峡谷底部徐徐升起，遮住了远处的村庄。 Qīngchén de wùqì cóng xiágǔ dǐbù xúxú shēngqǐ, zhēzhù le yuǎnchù de cūnzhuāng. In the early morning, mist slowly rose from the bottom of the canyon and covered the distant village.
- 微风徐徐吹来，湖面上泛起了一圈圈涟漪。 Wēifēng xúxú chuī lái, húmiàn shàng fàn qǐle yī quān quān liányī. A gentle breeze blew in, spreading ring after ring of ripples across the lake.
- 列车徐徐驶出车站，乘客们纷纷向窗外挥手。 Lièchē xúxú shǐchū chēzhàn, chéngkèmen fēnfēn xiàng chuāngwài huīshǒu. The train slowly pulled out of the station, and passengers waved out of the windows.
Related words
- 旬 xún ten-day period
- 逐年 zhúnián year by year; annually
- 自始至终 zìshǐzhìzhōng from beginning to end; throughout
- 周岁 zhōusuì one full year of age; full age
- 终生 zhōngshēng lifelong; all one’s life
- 终究 zhōngjiū after all; in the end
- 有朝一日 yǒuzhāoyírì one day; someday
- 一度 yídù once; at one point; for a time
- 一经 yìjīng once; as soon as
- 之际 zhījì at the time of; on the occasion of
- 至此 zhìcǐ up to this point; at this point
- 直至 zhízhì up until; straight through to