shū
verb HSK 3 #969

Meanings

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

Examples

HSK 3
Wǒmen shū le bǐsài.
We lost the game.
HSK 3
Tā bù xiǎng shū gěi rènhé rén.
He doesn't want to lose to anyone.
HSK 5
Rènshū ba!
Just admit defeat!

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

shū