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修

xiū
verb HSK 3 #1,496

Meanings

  1. 1 to repair
  2. 2 to build
  3. 3 to study

Characters

修
xiū
to repair; to build; to study
Contains the person radical 亻, suggesting human effort in repairing or cultivating.

Examples

我的手机坏了，需要修一下。
Wǒ de shǒujī huài le, xūyào xiū yīxià.
My phone is broken; it needs to be repaired.
他们正在修一条新路。
Tāmen zhèngzài xiū yī tiáo xīn lù.
They are building a new road.
她在大学修了历史课。
Tā zài dàxué xiū le lìshǐ kè.
She took a history course in college.

Tips

usage
修 has three main meanings: to repair (修车, fix a car), to build/construct (修路, build a road), and to study/cultivate (修课, take a course; 修行, practice cultivation).

Stroke Order

修 xiū