shū
verb HSK 3 #969

Meanings

  1. 1 to lose (a game)
  2. 2 to transport; to convey

Examples

Wǒmen shū le bǐsài.
We lost the game.
Rènshū ba!
Just admit defeat!
Tā bù xiǎng shū gěi rènhé rén.
He doesn't want to lose to anyone.

Tips

usage
输赢 = win or lose. 认输 = admit defeat. These are very common in sports and games.
mistakes
means 'to lose' (a competition), NOT 'to lose' (an object) — that's .

Components

radical
chē
cart; vehicle
Left-side is the cart radical, simplified silhouette of (cart seen from above with axle and wheels). It marks as something carried by cart — original meaning 'transport goods', from which 'send out, deliver, lose (give up your goods)' all developed. Same family as , , .
phonetic
yes; agree; assent
Right-side supplies the sound (yú → shū, drift via the same Old Chinese rhyme). originally depicted a hollowed-out boat — a faint 'channel/conveyance' resonance with the 'transport' sense of . Same phonetic in (yú, pleased) and (tōu, steal).

Stroke Order

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