竖 meaning in English

shù

to erect; vertical

HSK 7-9verbadjectiveTraditional 豎9 strokes

Meaning of 竖

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shù

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

看kàn到dào鬼guǐ的de时shí候hòu，我wǒ吓xià得de汗hàn毛máo直zhí竖shù。

When I saw the ghost, I was so frightened that my hair stood on end.

我wǒ竖shù起qǐ了le耳ěr朵duǒ听tīng。

I pricked up my ears.

竖shù起qǐ你nǐ的de耳ěr朵duǒ。

Prick up your ears.

他tā开kāi始shǐ说shuō他tā的de秘mì密mì的de时shí候hòu，我wǒ们men都dōu竖shù起qǐ了le耳ěr朵duǒ来lái听tīng。

We were all ears when he started to tell us his secret.

我wǒ跟gēn那nà个ge芬fēn兰lán竖shù琴qín手shǒu怀huái孕yùn了le，他tā就jiù是shì我wǒ昨zuó晚wǎn告gào诉sù你nǐ的de那nà个ge人rén。

I got pregnant from the Finnish harpist that I told you about last night.

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Words that share a character with 竖.

横七竖八	héngqī-shùbā	in disorder; at sixes and sevens (idiom)
竖起	shùqǐ	to erect (a tent etc); to prick up (one's ears)
竖琴	shùqín	harp

What does 竖 mean?

竖 (shù) means "to erect; vertical" and is used as a verb and adjective.

How do you write 竖?

竖 is made of 1 character: 竖 (9 strokes). That is 9 strokes in total.

Is 竖 an HSK word?

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

How is 竖 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 竖 is written 豎.