庶 shù

1. shù adjective numerous; various
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 众多; as in 庶务 'general affairs' (CC-CEDICT '庶'; Guoyu '庶' adj 1; Kroll 2015 '庶' 1, p. 423; Unihan '庶'; Wu and Tee 2015, loc. 2310; XHZD '庶' 1, p. 695)
2. shù adverb almost
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 差不多 (Guoyu '庶' adv; Kroll 2015 '庶' 4, p. 423; XHZD '庶' 2, p. 695)
3. shù verb of a concubine
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: For example, 庶母 'father's mistress' (CC-CEDICT '庶'; Guoyu '庶' adj 2; Kroll 2015 '庶' 3, p. 423; XHZD '庶' 3, p. 695)
4. shù noun the common people
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 平民 (CC-CEDICT '庶'; Guoyu '庶' n; Kroll 2015 '庶' 2, p. 423)
5. shù adverb hopefully
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '庶' 5, p. 423)

Contained in

• 庶子 bastard; commoner son of royalty
• 庶民 the common people; plebeian
• 庶人之风(庶人之風) the common people's wind
• 庶人僬僬 an ordinary person bustling around
• 残我黎庶(殘我黎庶) massacre the people
• 庶务(庶務) general affairs
• 庶室 concubine
• 蒸庶 common people
• 富庶 rich and populous; fertile
• 庶竭驽钝(庶竭駑鈍) I will exhaust my limited skills
• 庶几(庶幾) almost; probably
• 兆庶 the people; common people
• 寡人所与庶人共者(寡人所與庶人共者) which I share with the common people
• 黎庶 the populace; the masses; the people
• 庶人 common people
• 庶母 aunt
• 长庶(長庶) oldest son of a concubine
• 庶吉士 title of the temporary position in the Hanlin Academy
• 庶绩(庶績) many achievements
• 臣庶 subjects [of a ruler]

Also contained in

左庶长 、 右庶长

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• 卷一百 表第一 諸王世表一 Volume 100 Tables 1: Princes 1 History of Ming 明史 — count: 270
• 卷一百〇一 表第二 諸王世表二 Volume 101 Tables 2: Princes 2 History of Ming 明史 — count: 231
• 卷一百〇二 表第三 諸王世表三 Volume 102 Tables 3: Princes 3 History of Ming 明史 — count: 225
• 卷一百〇四 表第五 諸王世表五 Volume 104 Tables 5: Princes 5 History of Ming 明史 — count: 145
• 卷一百〇三 表第四 諸王世表四 Volume 103 Tables 4: Princes 4 History of Ming 明史 — count: 115
• 卷26　志第21 百官上 Volume 26 Treatises 21: Government Offices 1 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 67
• 卷三百七十二 列傳第一百三十一 朱倬 王綸 尹穡 王之望 徐俯 沈與求 翟汝文 王庶 辛炳 Volume 372 Biographies 131: Zhu Zhuo, Wang Lun, Yin Se, Wang Zhiwang, Xu Fu, Shen Yuqiu, Di Ruwen, Wang Shu, Xin Bing History of Song 宋史 — count: 51
• 第三十六回 Chapter 36 Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義 — count: 45
• 卷三百六十九 列傳第一百二十八 張俊 張宗顏 劉光世 王淵 解元 曲端 Volume 369 Biographies 128: Zhang Jun, Zhang Zongyan, Liu Guangshi, Wang Yuan, Jie Yuan, Qu Duan History of Song 宋史 — count: 29
• 卷四十三　列傳第三十一:　郭祚 張彝 邢巒 李崇 Volume 43 Biographies 31: Gao Zuo, Zhang Yi, Xing Luan, Li Chong History of the Northern Dynasties 北史 — count: 21

Collocations

• 众庶 (眾庶) 格爾眾庶 — Book of Documents 尚書, 商書 湯誓 Shang Shu - Speech of Tang — count: 18
• 庶羞 (庶羞) 庶羞不逾牲 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《王制》 Royal Regulations — count: 17
• 庶士 (庶士) 求我庶士 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧召南‧摽有梅 Lessons from the states - Odes Of Shao And The South - Piao You Mei — count: 16
• 庶邦 (庶邦) 庶邦冢君 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 武成 Zhou Shu - Successful Completion of the War — count: 11
• 庶老 (庶老) 養庶老於下庠 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《王制》 Royal Regulations — count: 8
• 养庶 (養庶) 養庶老於下庠 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《王制》 Royal Regulations — count: 8
• 羞庶 (羞庶) 羞庶羞 — The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮, 燕禮 第六 6. Banquet rites — count: 7
• 庶遄 (庶遄) 亂庶遄沮 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 小雅‧節南山之什‧巧言 Minor odes of the kingdom - Jie Nan Shan Zhi Shen - Qiao Yan — count: 6
• 庶孙 (庶孫) 庶孫 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《內則》 The Pattern of the Family — count: 6
• 立庶 (立庶) 立庶 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 文公 Lord Wen — count: 6