00608 Chinese character of 修 and pronounce sau1

The Chinese character【修】that I will teach you this time is a word that describes an action or process. It is mainly used for the following meanings:

Repair or improve.

This is how you pronounce the given Chinese character.

Mandarin Pinyin of 【修】:xiū

Cantonese Jyutping of 【修】:sau1

This section covers the key information related to the character 【修】︰

Here are some situations where you can use【修】, for example:Describe an action or process , It means mainly to repair or improve .Because of the extensive meanings of Chinese characters, some intricate details and specialized uses might not be fully presented here.

【修】can be used alone, but when combined with other words, it forms richer expressions, such as【修建、修整】(Mandarin Pinyin:xiū jiàn 、xiū zhěng/ Cantonese Jyutping:sau1 gin3 、sau1 zing2)

There are exactly 10 strokes in this character,It is a highly common and fundamental Chinese character that must be learned,This sentence serves as an example of how to use this character.:


他正在修理壞掉的機器。

He is repairing the broken machine.


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