Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
- sū
- Sū
English
- revive, resurrect
- surname Su
- Perilla frutescens (Chinese basil or wild red basil)
- a surname, usually transliterated as "So" or "Sou" ----
- a species of thyme
- abbr. for Soviet Union 蘇維埃|苏维埃[Su1 wei2 ai1] or 蘇聯|苏联[Su1 lian2]
- place name
- single character abbreviation for the Jiangsu province, 江蘇 gong1 sou1 ----
- transliteration of 'Soviet'
- abbr. for Jiangsu 江蘇|江苏[Jiang1 su1]
- to revive
- abbreviation for USSR
- abbr. for Suzhou 蘇州|苏州[Su1 zhou1]
- used as phonetic in transliteration
粵語
- 姓
- 江蘇省嘅簡稱
- 蘇聯嘅簡稱
As a component in
Variants
Words containing 蘇
- 蘇聯sou1 lyun4
Soviet Union, 1922-1991
- 姑蘇gu1 sou1
see 姑蘇區|姑苏区[Gu1 su1 Qu1]
- 江蘇gong1 sou1
see 江蘇省|江苏省[Jiang1 su1 Sheng3]
- 蘇州sou1 zau1
see 蘇州市|苏州市[Su1 zhou1 Shi4]
- 蘇丹sou1 daan1
Sudan
- 復蘇fuk6 sou1
variant of 復甦|复苏[fu4 su1]
- 插蘇caap3 sou1
(noun) electrical plug; electrical socket
- 蘇蝦sou1 haa1
baby; infant (old slang)
- 蘇維埃sou1 wai4 aai1
Soviet (council)
- 蘇格蘭sou1 gaak3 laan4
Scotland
- 南蘇丹naam4 sou1 daan1
South Sudan
- 蘇州屎sou1 zau1 si2
(slang) the mess
- 拉蘇laai1 sou4
lysol
- 流蘇lau4 sou1
tassels
- 蘇菜sou1 coi3
Jiangsu cuisine
- 洗蘇sai2 sou1
to perform a ritual of bathing a baby with pomelo or wampi leaves when it is one-month old to get rid of it's body odour
- 蘇里南sou1 lei5 naam4
Suriname
- 蘇粉sou1 fan2
souvenir
- 蘇武sou1 mou5
Su Wu (140-60 BC), Han Dynasty diplomat and statesman, regarded as a model of courage and faithful service
- 蘇秦sou1 ceon4
Su Qin (340-284 BC), political strategist of the School of Diplomacy 縱橫家|纵横家[Zong4 heng2 jia1] during the Warring States Period (475-220 BC)
- 原蘇聯jyun4 sou1 lyun4
former Soviet Union
- 牙擦蘇ngaa4 caat3 sou1
someone who likes to brag
- 蘇蝦仔sou1 haa1 zai2
a dated term for a baby
- 蘇黎世sou1 lai4 sai3
Zurich, Switzerland