叙 (敘) xù

1. xù verb to narrate; to recount
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (ABC 'xù' 2; CED '叙' 2; NCCED '叙' 4)
2. xù verb to narrate; to chat
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: The simplified character is also an archaic variant of the modern traditional 敘, used in old texts.
3. xù verb to chat; to talk
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (ABC 'xù' 1; CED '叙' 1; NCCED '叙' 3)
4. xù verb to appraise; to assess
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (ABC 'xù' 3; CED '叙' 3; NCCED '叙' 2)
5. xù noun an order; a sequence
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (ABC 'xù' 4; NCCED '叙' 1)

Contained in

• 叙事曲(敘事曲) a ballade
• 面叙(面敘) to talk face-to-face
• 叙谈(敘談) to chat
• 倒叙(倒敘) to flash back; flashback (in a novel, movie etc)
• 叙说(敘說) to narrate; to tell
• 茶叙(茶敘) to take tea and chat; a small-scale informal gathering with tea and snacks
• 叙言(敘言) a preface; an introduction; a forward
• 聊叙(聊敘) to speak tentatively
• 叙述(敘述) to narrate; to recount
• 叙旧(敘舊) to reminisce; to talk about former times
• 综合叙述(綜合敘述) to summarize; a round-up
• 铨叙(銓敘) to assess the qualifications and merits of officials ; to criticize one after the next
• 叙利亚(敘利亞) Syria
• 叙拉古(敘拉古) Syracuse, Sicily
• 埃叙(埃敘) Egypt-Syria
• 顺叙(順敘) chronological narrative
• 叙述性(敘述性) narrative
• 铺叙(鋪敘) to explain all the details; complete narrative
• 记叙文(記敘文) narrative writing; written narration
• 追叙(追敘) to recount what happened prior to events already known
• 叙事诗(敘事詩) an epic; a narrative poem; a ballad
• 叙文(敘文) preface; foreword; preamble; recital
• 叙利亚文(敘利亞文) Syriac language (from c. 2nd century BC) / the Syriac script
• 引叙(引敘) reported speech (in grammar)
• 叙事歌剧(敘事歌劇) a ballad opera
• 记叙(記敘) to narrate; to recount
• 畅叙(暢敘) to discuss joyfully
• 叙功行赏(敘功行賞) to review records and decide on rewards
• 叙事剧(敘事劇) epic theatre
• 叙明(敘明) detailed accounting
• 以叙(以敘) Israel-Syria
• 叙传(敘傳) biographical preface

Also contained in

叙永 、 叙词 、 叙广右战功 、 叙永县 、 铨叙部 、 叙事 、 叙事文学 、 叙事文

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• 卷八十三　志第三十三: 　選舉三 Volume 83 Treatises 36: Selection of Officials 3 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 61
• 卷八十四　志第三十四: 　選舉四 Volume 84 Treatises 37: Selection of Officials 4 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 43
• 卷一百〇二　志第五十:　刑法一 Volume 102 Treatises 55: Punishment and Law 1 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 31
• 卷七十一　列傳第九:　斡魯 斡魯古勃堇 婆盧火 吾紮忽 闍母子:宗敘(本名德壽) Volume 71 Biographies 9: Wo Lu, Wolu gubojin, Po Luhuo, Wu Zahu, She Mu and son: Zongxu (formerly named Deshou) History of Jin 金史 — count: 30
• 卷一百〇三　志第五十一:　刑法二 Volume 103 Treatises 56: Punishment and Law 2 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 29
• 卷八十二　志第三十二: 　選舉二 Volume 82 Treatises 35: Selection of Officials 2 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 27
• 卷一百〇五　志第五十三:　刑法四 Volume 105 Treatises 58: Punishment and Law 4 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 26
• 第六十四回 Chapter 64 Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義 — count: 19
• 卷一百六十三 志第一百十六 職官三 Volume 163 Treatises 116: Offical Posts 3 History of Song 宋史 — count: 18
• 卷四十五　　　　志第三十五　　選舉志下 Volume 45 Treatises 40: Selecting and Appointing Officials 2 New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 15

Collocations

• 叙曰 (敘曰) 其敘曰 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷一百下 敍傳 Volume 100b: Afterword and Family History 2 — count: 8
• 时叙 (時敘) 百揆時敘 — Book of Documents 尚書, 虞書 舜典 Yu Shu - Canon of Shun — count: 6
• 谱叙 (譜敘) 華嶠譜叙曰 — Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志, 卷十三 魏書十三 鍾繇華歆王朗傳 Volume 13: Book of Wei 13 - Biographies of Zhong Yao, Hua Xin, and Wang Lang — count: 5
• 叙母 (敘母) 見敘母 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷七十二 董卓列傳 Volume 72: Biography of Dong Zhuo — count: 4
• 攸叙 (攸敘) 我不知其彝倫攸敘 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 洪範 Zhou Shu - Great Plan — count: 4
• 秩叙 (秩敘) 行其秩敘 — Rites of Zhou 周禮, 天官冢宰 第一 1. Office of the Heaven and Prime Minister — count: 3
• 龙叙 (龍敘) 乃悉持龍敘 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷二十五上 郊祀志 Volume 25a: Treatise on Sacrifices 1 — count: 3
• 逌叙 (逌敘) 我不知其彝倫逌敘 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷二十七上 五行志 Volume 27a: Treatise on the Five Elements 1 — count: 3
• 笃叙 (篤敘) 篤敘乃正父 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 洛誥 Zhou Shu - Announcement concerning Luo — count: 2
• 惇叙 (惇敘) 惇敘九族 — Book of Documents 尚書, 虞書 皐陶謨 Yu Shu - Counsels of the Gao Yao — count: 2