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疏 (shū) — (bound form) sparse, scattered; negligent; (bound form) distant, estranged; (bound form) to dredge, to clear

Definition

As a bound form, 疏 appears mostly in set words: 疏远 ('distant, estranged,' usually about relationships) and 疏忽 ('negligent, careless'). The 疏通 sense ('to dredge, clear') appears in 疏通 and similar compounds.

bound form
sparsescatterednegligentdistantestrangedto dredgeto clear

Examples

  • 。
    Tā men liǎ de guān xì yuè lái yuè shū yuǎn le.
    The relationship between the two of them is becoming increasingly distant.
  • 。
    Gōng rén men zhèng zài shū tōng xià shuǐ dào.
    The workers are dredging the sewer.
  • 。
    Zhè cì shì gù shì yīn wèi tā de shū hu zào chéng de.
    This accident was caused by his negligence.

Origin

Compound ideograph
六书liùshū
会意huìyì

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

  • 疋疋pǐ
  • 㐬㐬㐬

The form 疏 combines 㐬 with 疋, where 疋 supplies the sound.

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