疏散 meaning in English

shūsàn

to scatter; to disperse; to evacuate; scattered; sparse

HSK 7-9adjectiveverb24 strokes

Meaning of 疏散

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

shūsàn
  1. to scatter; to disperse; to evacuate
  2. scattered; sparse
shūsǎn
  1. idle; leisurely; laid-back
  2. Taiwan pr. [shu1san4]

疏散 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

人rén们men因yīn为wèi洪hóng水shuǐ被bèi疏shū散sàn了le。
People were evacuated because of the flood.
我wǒ们men有yǒu不bú到dào五wǔ分fēn钟zhōng来lái疏shū散sàn整zhěng栋dòng楼lóu的de人rén。
We have less than five minutes to evacuate the whole building.

Stroke order for each character

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疏 shū · to neglect · 12 strokes

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散 sàn · to scatter · 12 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 疏散.

散步sànbùto take a walk; to go for a walk
分散fēnsànto scatter; to disperse
散文sǎnwén(broadly) prose (as opposed to verse); (more narrowly) free-form literary prose, such as e
解散jiěsànto dissolve; to disband
扩散kuòsànto spread; to proliferate; to diffuse
散发sànfāto distribute; to emit; to give off
散布sànbùto disseminate
疏忽shūhuto neglect; to overlook
疏通shūtōngto unblock; to dredge
疏导shūdǎoto dredge; to open up a path for
散开sànkāito separate; to disperse
散播sànbōto spread; to disperse

Questions about 疏散

What does 疏散 mean?

疏散 (shūsàn) means "to scatter; to disperse; to evacuate; scattered; sparse" and is used as a adjective and verb.

How do you write 疏散?

疏散 is made of 2 characters: 疏 (12 strokes), 散 (12 strokes). That is 24 strokes in total.

Is 疏散 an HSK word?

Yes. 疏散 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.