Chinese Word: 夙 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

夙

Pinyin: sù

English Definition: morning; early; long-held; long-cherished

Chinese Definition:
①早：夙夜。夙兴(xīng)夜寐。
②素有的，旧有的：夙日。夙怨。夙愿。夙志。夙敌。夙诺。夙嫌。

Total strokes: 6; Radical: 夕

Character Formation:

⿵ Surround from above
- 几 [ jǐ ] small table; how many; a few, some
- 歹 [ dǎi ] corpse; death; evil, depraved, wicked

Similar Characters: 凮

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夙愿	sù yuàn	long-cherished wish
夙夜	sù yè	morning and night; always; at all times
夙兴夜寐	sù xīng yè mèi	to rise early and sleep late (idiom); to work hard; to study diligently; to burn the candle at both ends
夙夜匪懈	sù yè fěi xiè	to work from morning to night (idiom)
夙敌	sù dí	old foe; long-standing enemy

1		nà me 那么 sù 夙 qi lai 起来 méi yǒu 没有 rèn hé 任何 yì yì 意义。 It doesn't make any sense to get up so early.
2		nǐ 你 shì 是 sù 夙 qǐ 起 de 的 niǎo 鸟 réng 仍 shì 是 yè māo zi 夜猫子？ Are you an early bird or a night owl?
3		jīn wǎn 今晚 fú 弗 chéng 成， wǒ 我 míng tiān 明天 yào 要 sù 夙 xīng 兴。 Not tonight, I got an early day tomorrow.
4		tā 她 zǎo 早 sù 夙 qi lai 起来 chéng guǒ 成果 fā xiàn 发现 xià yǔ 下雨 le 了。 She woke early only to find it was raining .
5		lì 例： bù xiāo 不消 shuō 说 zǎo shuì 早睡 sù 夙 qǐ 起 shì 是 zhí de 值得 de 的。 It goes without saying that it pays to keep early hours.

1		nà me 那么 sù 夙 qi lai 起来 méi yǒu 没有 rèn hé 任何 yì yì 意义。 It doesn't make any sense to get up so early.
2		nǐ 你 shì 是 sù 夙 qǐ 起 de 的 niǎo 鸟 réng 仍 shì 是 yè māo zi 夜猫子？ Are you an early bird or a night owl?
3		jīn wǎn 今晚 fú 弗 chéng 成， wǒ 我 míng tiān 明天 yào 要 sù 夙 xīng 兴。 Not tonight, I got an early day tomorrow.
4		tā 她 zǎo 早 sù 夙 qi lai 起来 chéng guǒ 成果 fā xiàn 发现 xià yǔ 下雨 le 了。 She woke early only to find it was raining .
5		lì 例： bù xiāo 不消 shuō 说 zǎo shuì 早睡 sù 夙 qǐ 起 shì 是 zhí de 值得 de 的。 It goes without saying that it pays to keep early hours.