束 shù

1. shù noun a bale; a bundle; a bunch
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '束' n 2; Kroll 2015 '束' 1a, p. 424; Unihan '束'; XHZD '束' 2, p. 695)
2. shù verb to bind; to tie
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '束' v 1; Kroll 2015 '束' 1, p. 424; Unihan '束'; XHZD '束' 1, p. 695)
3. shù verb to control; to limit
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 限制 (Guoyu '束' v 2; Kroll 2015 '束' 2, p. 424; Unihan '束'; XHZD '束' 4, p. 695)
4. shù measure word bunch; bundle; beam
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Quantity
   Notes: (Guoyu '束' n 1; Kroll 2015 '束' 3, p. 424; XHZD '束' 3, p. 695)
5. shù proper noun Shu
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
   Notes: (Guoyu '束' n 3)
6. shù verb to put in order
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 整理 (Guoyu '束' v 3)

Contained in

• 束手就毙(束手就斃) hands tied and expecting the worst
• 案兵束甲 to rest weapons and loosen armor; to relax from fighting
• 花束 bouquet
• 约束条件(約束條件) restrictive condition; constraint
• 粒子束 beam of elementary particles
• 缠束(纏束) to entangle; to bind; to tie [in a girdle]
• 波束 beam
• 束脩 payment for private tutor
• 整束衣冠 to adjust clothes
• 束手就擒 hands tied and waiting to be captured
• 约束力(約束力) (of a contract) binding (law)
• 束手 to have one's hands tied; helpless; unable to do anything about it
• 束手无策(束手無策) hands bound and unable to help
• 结束工作(結束工作) to finish work
• 束紧(束緊) to tighten
• 整束 to put in a bundle ; to put in order
• 束甲 to pack away armor
• 束之高阁(束之高閣) tied up in a bundle on a high shelf; to put something on the back burner; no longer a high priority
• 检束(檢束) to regulate; to check and restrict
• 维管束(維管束) vascular bundle
• 管束 to control
• 多束 multibeam (e.g. laser)
• 光束 a light beam
• 约束(約束) to restrict; to limit; to constrain
• 行将结束(行將結束) approaching the end; about to conclude
• 集束 to cluster
• 束线带(束線帶) cable tie
• 捡束(撿束) to bind; to restrain
• 束手待死 hands tied and expecting the worst
• 束腰 a girdle; a hourglass shape
• 集束炸弹(集束炸彈) cluster bomb
• 羁束(羈束) to tie up ; to restrain
• 束帛 a bolt of silk
• 束狭(束狹) narrow (of waterway); a bottleneck
• 未结束(未結束) unfinished; unresolved
• 束装(束裝) to bundle up (one's possessions for a journey)
• 束身 to bind oneself; submission
• 结束(結束) to finish; to end ; to restrict; to restrain ; to dress up
• 束缚(束縛) to bind; to restrict; to tie
• 装束(裝束) attire; clothing
• 束修 payment for a private tutor
• 散束 scattering of bundle (of electrons in vacuum tube); debunching
• 束带(束帶) a band; a belt; a loincloth; a cummerbund
• 拘束 constrained; awkward; uncomfortable; reticent ; to restrict; to restrain ; to be overcautious
• 束发(束髮) a topknot; to bind one's hair in a topknot
• 维管束植物(維管束植物) vascular plants; tracheophytes
• 收束 to constrict; to draw tight; to gather (one's thoughts); to bring to a close
• 结束语(結束語) concluding remarks

Also contained in

束草 、 乌雅束 、 木骨都束

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• 卷二百〇九 列傳第九十七 楊最 馮恩 楊爵 周怡 劉魁 沈束 沈鍊 楊繼盛 楊允繩 Volume 209 Biographies 97: Yang Zui, Feng En, Yang Jue, Zhou Yi, Liu Kui, Shen Shu, Shen Lian, Yang Jicheng, Yang Yunsheng History of Ming 明史 — count: 22
• 卷二百八十七 列傳第一百七十五 文苑三 Volume 287 Biographies 175: Literature 3 History of Ming 明史 — count: 20
• 卷八十四 志第六十 河渠二 Volume 84 Treatises 60: Rivers and Canals 2 History of Ming 明史 — count: 12
• 卷一百七十一 志第一百二十四 職官十一 Volume 171 Treatises 124: Offical Posts 11 History of Song 宋史 — count: 12
• 周紀 Records of the Zhou Bamboo Annals 竹書紀年 — count: 11
• 聘禮 第八 8. Rites of courtesy calls The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮 — count: 11
• 卷五十一 列傳第二十一 皇甫謐 摯虞 束皙 王接 Volume 51 Biographies 21: Huangfu Mi; Zhi Yu; Shu Xi; Wang Jie Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 10
• 卷八十二 志第五十八 食貨六 Volume 82 Treatises 58: Finance and Economics 6 History of Ming 明史 — count: 9
• 魏紀 Records of the Wei Bamboo Annals 竹書紀年 — count: 9
• 卷十九 Scroll 19 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 8

Collocations

• 束锦 (束錦) 乃請束錦以行 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 哀公 Lord Ai — count: 13
• 一束 (一束) 生芻一束 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 小雅‧鴻鴈之什‧白駒 Minor odes of the kingdom - Hong Yan Zhi Shen - He Ming — count: 9
• 束马 (束馬) 士皆釋甲束馬而飲酒 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 6
• 束薪 (束薪) 不流束薪 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧王‧揚之水 Lessons from the states - Odes of Wang - Yang Zhi Shui — count: 6
• 流束 (流束) 不流束薪 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧王‧揚之水 Lessons from the states - Odes of Wang - Yang Zhi Shui — count: 5
• 纁束 (纁束) 制玄纁束 — The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮, 聘禮 第八 8. Rites of courtesy calls — count: 4
• 矢束 (矢束) 說矢束 — The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮, 鄉射禮 第五 5. Rites of the district archery meet — count: 4
• 二束 (二束) 二衽二束 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《喪大記》 The Greater Record of Mourning Rites — count: 4
• 束矢 (束矢) 束矢其搜 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 魯頌‧駉之什‧泮水 Sacrificial odes of Zhou - Decade Of Jiong - Pan Shui — count: 4
• 奉束 (奉束) 宾奉束锦以请觌 — The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮, 聘禮 第八 8. Rites of courtesy calls — count: 3