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卒

zú
noun #19,876

Meanings

  1. 1 soldier
  2. 2 servant
  3. 3 to finish
  4. 4 to die
  5. 5 finally
  6. 6 at last
  7. 7 pawn (in Chinese chess)

Examples

象棋里，卒只能向前走，不能后退。
Xiàngqí lǐ, zú zhǐ néng xiàng qián zǒu, bùnéng hòutuì.
In Chinese chess, the pawn can only move forward and cannot retreat.
他卒于1985年，享年七十岁。
Tā zú yú 1985 nián, xiǎngnián qīshí suì.
He passed away in 1985 at the age of seventy.

Tips

usage
卒 has two readings: zú (soldier/pawn/to die/finally) and cù (variant of 猝 — suddenly). The chess term is always zú. The 'to die' meaning is formal/literary; 去世 is more common in modern speech.

Stroke Order

卒 zú