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Meaning of 墟

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墟HSK 6
Pinyin: xū
English Definition: ruins; (literary) village; variant of 圩 ; country fair
Chinese Definition:
①有人住过而现已荒废的地方:废墟。殷墟。墟里(村落)。丘墟(a.废墟,荒地;b.坟墓)。
②土丘。
③毁坏,使成为废墟。
④同“圩”。
Total strokes: 15; Radical: 土
Pictophonetic:虚 indicates the sound; 土 (earth) conveys the meaning.
Character Formation:
  • ⿰ Left to right
    • 土 [ tǔ ] soil, earth; items made of earth
    • 虚 [ xū ] false; worthless, hollow, empty; vain
Similar Characters: 憈
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Example Words
废墟HSK 6 fèi xū ruins
殷墟 yīn xū Yinxu, ruins of Yinshang 殷商 city at Anyang 安阳 in Henan province, a World Heritage site
墟里 xū lǐ village
华屋丘墟 huá wū qiū xū magnificent building reduced to a mound of rubble (idiom); fig. all one's plans in ruins
三个女人一个墟 sān gè nǚ rén yī gè xū three women makes a crowd
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Example Sentences
1
这座城墙被炮火炸成了废墟
。
The city wall was reduced to ruins by cannon fire.
2
殷墟
a
啊
就是指商朝都城的遗址
。
It means the ruins of the Shang Dynasty's capital.
3
我在废墟中找到了一只匹配的袜子
。
I found a matching sock in the ruins.
4
地震可以在瞬间将一座城市变为废墟
。
An earthquake can turn a city into ruins in an instant.